"They wish to present a facade to the people they protect. They wouldn't be the first. But it is ineffective, all the same."

It's one thing to have the support of the people, to be seen as anything besides a killing force meant to exterminate all threats to their way of life. People don't respond well to the truth of what war is. He knows that, stared into the eyes of people who would have praised the war effort in-action, then turned a blind eye to the veterans on the streets years later.

They have a duty to them. Regardless of whether Locus likes them or not.