While I appreciate the effort at playing armchair psychologist, your shit is way off base, mate. Once again, you're making a moral argument for a practical decision. Being a troop is morally indefensible? Yup. Being a troop also means you get organizing knowledge, training, information and connections. If you'd rather all that go to the chuds, be my guest. Also tbh I didn't read much of your novel up there at all