Yeah, yeah, Jack Thompson is a douche in denial who's unloved by everyone - even his family, etc. but nobody's commenting on the "ultimate sacrifice" part of the article. It's "all good" if they're out killing innocent and non-innocent people that they don't know or that don't live in the same country as they do (and in some cases despise for no good reason) - but if someone they know signs up to kill people (innocent and non-innocent) knowing full-well the risks that they're taking, and THEY die, then it's just such a tragedy, isn't it?
Ignorance is no excuse for killing innocent people and it could be argued that the soldiers themselves aren't innocent, in that case.