We tend to judge a cause as good or bad, once we know how it ended, and the victors write the history.
That is why I focus more on a man's individual courage and fortitude. I am looking at character traits, not politics. His behavior should be congruent.
I just want him to have strong protective instincts so that he won't run away, if I'm attacked.
What that translates to, in the political realm, in each individual case, is more complicated.
I can't think of a single instance in the past century where nations were called to war by their governments for a reason that didn't involve the state either enriching themselves or trying to destabilise a region for the benefit of wealthy interests, to the detriment of the people in those regions.
Soldiers will often follow orders rather than thier minds.
Obedience, meekness and dutifulness are also be virtues.
The world is a complex place.
