Morality of war?

O’Brien suggests that “A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior…,” shows that a war story can be sugar coated. I believe that is true in society because as Americans, we have a glorification for the war hero. We fully support our patriots for protecting our country however we forget about the prices of war.(O’Brien 65).We make out the soldiers as being our heroes but people do not realize that they must kill numerous people regardless of what they think is right or wrong. If they act out of orders to save an enemy’s live because it is the moral thing to do, people would criticize them. In war, the soldiers must face hardships that test his moral putting him/her in a place where the need for survival is more important than what is right. War is a terrible thing and the people of America make it out to be a blessing for those who get a change to serve our nation. The people who do not have family or loved ones overseas constantly worry about their loved ones life, survival, and welfare because they know that there is a chance that they could not come home. We praise our soldiers but once the war is over, there is no place for them to go, they are unable to find jobs, and need aid yet we treat our honorable soldiers so bad when they come home. If people did not find a way to sugarcoat battles and war as being a moral, virtuous thing, then nobody would want to join. Or perhaps the morality encourages the soldiers and gives them hope that they are fighting for a cause, that they are saving lives. Or the fanaticized war stories could be geared to the public so that they do not have to worry about their son is becoming an animal. The fanaticized stories are to detour the public from discouraging a war that the government wants. If anyone listens to a war story told by a survivor, and hear about the death and suffering that happens, one can clearly see that the picturesque Hollywood movie warrior is not real. It is wrong to let our soldiers believe in false fantasies of war because they are risking their life and they should not have to if they do not know what is really in store for them. Then there are other people who refuse to listen to war stories or they tell the soldiers that they did a good thing even though they killed dozens of men who were fighting for their own cause for their own land. The media and the public as a whole have destroyed the reality of war.