My nephew is a dumbass

I found out over the weekend that my nephew, who just turned 18 and is graduating from high school in the next few weeks, has done something ridiculously stupid, he joined the Army. He apparently was good in the high school version of the reserves, the ROTC, and didn't know what to do with his life aside from get the hell outta dodge. I have a lot of sympathy for his quandry as I was in the same boat when I left high school, but I knew that the one sure way to give myself opportunities in life was to take advantage of the 4 years of free college tuition and get myself an education. Sadly, he ignored this advice and I'm sure he'll wind up in Iraq at some point in the not too distant future. Although, if the draft reinstatement bill goes through he'll have plenty of company. Being bored and wanting out of the boondocks is just not a well reasoned excuse to go start shooting people. If I find out that he has taken part in the prison tortures, pictures or not, I'll go to Iraq myself and hand him over to the families of the Iraqis with no chance for the 'but I was only following orders' crap. I'm completely unable to understand enlisting voluntarily to the Army, especially now with the musical blame game for the commonly accepted policy of torture. All I can think of is 'dumbass'!