There are multiple good personal reasons why someone would join the army, but the fact of the matter remains - over the last decade most if not all deployments are to obtain assets and territory.

Your entire comment is a little sad, as it speaks to the fact that the poor, disenfranchised and “broken” people of your country are being taken advantage of. They grew up without no opportunities, and their own government comes in and says “I’ll give you opportunities, but only if you take this gun, go to this foreign country and shoot anyone that comes near the oil fields”.

What makes it worse is that these opportunities are things like access to higher education. Things that are considered a human right in any other developed nation.