What should a socialist's position be regarding imperialist soldiers?
While I was initially planning to create a somewhat long post, I'll make this quick and to the point. This question mostly applies to those voluntarily signed up to be a part of an imperialist military. Draftees and conscripts are a different scenario.
To put it simply, what should a socialist's position be regarding imperialist soldiers? Should we view them as "Workers in uniforms," as some suggest, or should we view them as imperialist goons?
Now, as a non-American, one thing that always dumbfounds me about Americans more broadly is how they basically worship US service members like they're saints and how criticizing US soldiers in any way is basically blasphemy. When, if anything, US soldiers should be relentlessly criticized, for they are directly complicit in imperialism.
But let me know what our position should be. But what I will say is that my sympathies lie with the victims of imperialism, not the perpetrators.