What we all have to realize is that there is legitimate bad in the world where people want to hurt each other. When it comes down to someone shooting at you, you damn well everything political goes out the window and you shoot back to preserve your own life. outside of that nothing else matters.
I think you are really striking a chord here. Very easy to forget that most of these messed up situations very much stem from a fight for survival and the memories of what's been lost along the way.