early retirement, fat pension, cushy civvy street post???? any of these ring a bell?
All war is immoral, sometimes the weak /righteous have to be defended, so yes, i get it that ther are sometimes good reasons for widespread killings,maimings and destruction.
It's unlikely these "leaders" give a flying fxxxk about the cannon-fodder at the 5h11tty end of the stick.....they're expendable!
the top dogs are all for feathering their own nests....anyone who thinks that the country's interest is put first, must be thick/naive/wilfully blind to reality.