I dislike people who blame the individual solider, most of them joined to get the education they could not afford or because the prospect for a job were not around or just to have a pension and health care coverage. I would say very few ever thought they would end up in Iraq or Kabul. They were not born professional killers, they were severely brain washed, armed with weapons of mass destruction and let loose.
You will find that most are proud of what they did, but I guess I would also be proud to have thought to defend my country and family or just a friend in a war zone or even to shoot what was an enemy or a perceived enemy, You will find that most have to defend the army because not doing so would make them face what they were involved in which is just plain government condoned assassination.
But we all seem to forget that WE are they guilty ones who voted in the officials that gave the orders to send these soldiers to war so next time before you blame them blame yourself.
And for the Ones who think Obama is better than Bush wake up he is just a different branch of the same tree abet probably more convincing but just the same in the end...