Colin Kaepernick's decision to simply take a knee during the National Anthem to protest police violence caused much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by people who lack the ability to determine what is important in life.
Well, now those people have a whole new reason to throw a fit.

The Knicks are holding a training camp at West Point and were invited to dinner in the mess hall that featured cadets and a speech by a former colonel. Noah said he wouldn’t be attending because he doesn’t agree with sending young men and women to fight wars around the world.
“It’s hard for me a little bit,” Noah said after Friday’s practice. “I have a lot of respect for the kids who are out here fighting. But it’s hard for me to understand why we have to go to war, why kids have to kill kids around the world. So I have mixed feelings about being here. I’m very proud of this country. I love America but I just don’t understand kids killing kids around the world.”
Noah, 31, added: “At the end of the day, I’m not anti-troops. It’s just not comfortable for me to see kids going out to war and coming back having seen what they’ve seen, having done what they’ve done. It’s sad for me. It’s sad for me because they’re just sent out for things that I don’t really want to get into it to be honest with you. It’s hard for me.”

Imagine that. Someone not wanting to see children killing children. How 'disrespectful'.
Joakhim Noah didn't make a big deal of his principled stand. The press didn't even know he skipped the dinner until a reporter asked him about it the next day.
Of course, some were not amused.

"The U.S. Military Academy at West Point develops leaders of character for the defense of our nation. We are disappointed and feel Mr. Noah's choice of West Point to make a statement is inappropriate because of the great sacrifice that has originated from this institution over our nation's history."

Ah yes. It's "inappropriate" to not understand why children should not kill children.
Why should anyone ever think otherwise? President Obama certainly thinks that way.

President Obama will leave office having failed to use the tools at his disposal to make significant progress on getting child soldiers off the battlefield. That’s the consensus among human rights groups who point to the fact that for six consecutive years, the Obama administration has subverted U.S. law requiring the president to sanction foreign governments that force children to fight.
As early as this week, the administration will announce for the final time a list of waivers and exemptions to the Child Soldiers Protection Act, a law passed in 2008 that forbids the United States from giving military aid to any foreign government that systematically uses children in its armed forces. According to officials involved in the process, the president will either fully or partially waive sanctions for every abuser country that receives U.S. military assistance.
It’s a familiar pattern the president has followed each year since 2010, the first year he was required to sanction abuser countries under the law. The Obama administration has given more than $1.2 billion in military assistance and arms to governments that use child soldiers since the law was enacted and withheld only $61 million, according to the Stimson Center.

Notice the lack of "controversy" at President Obama's decisions to give guns to children so they can kill other children, while outrage at Noah for skipping a dinner.
As usual, Americans get it "right" when it comes to knowing what is important in life.