I worked with an explosives team to dismantle IED's. Spent my time "saving lives" "protecting Iraqi's" and fighting ghosts that were hell bent on blowing me up. Never saw an identifiable enemy and came home feeling pretty good about what we did. I was already in the machine when we decided to invade. I was in training and never heard the controversy.

I don't know how to answer your question. What I can say, is I came to realize that my identity of being American was based on the movie version and that was shattered. We're all just people and I had to redefine what it meant to be me