There has never been a time where soldiers were fighting for freedom. They fight for their master.

This post screams of insecurity and sadness on the part of OP.

I think OP romanticizes the idea of being a soldier like a Hollywood actor.

OP has never served.

What?

That not how any of that works.

+1 actually a shower thought

When you're a soldier you don't really have agency over the morality of what you do, aside from being technically allowed to protest against committing war crimes.

So no.

You just generally hope the government of the military you're serving is makes the moral call.

What you're thinking of is a violent psychotic vigilante.

Naw man as a soldier you will be told to do your tiny part of a tiny task. No kidding that part may just be, take that water tank over there and wait until told what to do.

If you're one of those brave dudes trying to hit aircraft with old rocket launchers while sprinting in your flipflops, you're almost certainly putting down evil, sure.