I disagree with your statement, you are not giving thanks because these veterans went to war for the jews,or they are heroes. I will mention having many family members and personal friends who severed, they served out of their love of this country. Your statement discounts that these individuals enlisted, they were not drafted. The draft stopped in 1973, this means these individuals took time out of their lives to protect and serve you and I. So blindly giving thanks to any veteran does not make anyone a hero, but a curtsey for their service.