Conversation so far:
Why is Sgt. Slaughter known as the Iraqi sympathizer?
A decision was made to have Slaughter support the Iraqi cause for the fact that Slaughter liked brutality.
Did Sgt. Slaughter wrestle with force?
Slaughter liked brutality and the Iraqi government was brutal while the US regime was said by Slaughter to have become soft and weak.

Question: Did he ever serve in Iraq?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Sgt. Slaughter ever serve in Iraq?