Not all veterans are the same, USA seems a bit tense about everything "veteran" these days
Sort of the opposite compared to just after the Vietnam war
Most wars (after WWII) started by American politicians were disasters.
There's no draft, so becoming disabled by ending up in a useless war is someone's own choice
And without some heroic action that caused him to lose limbs, he might as well gotten involved in a DUI car crash somewhere in Arkansas....