I can already predict the people that will say that's painting with a broad brush, that not all soldiers are like that.
If the soldiers cared enough to think for themselves about their actions rather than submitting to group think, they wouldn't participate in foreign occupation in the first place.
One thing nice about using a story like this is that "They aren't ALL like that!" isn't a rebuttal (since I didn't say or imply that they are all like that). To complain, someone would have to argue, "NONE of them are like that!" And we all know that isn't true.