Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal

[Gawdzilla Sama]

In my experience (I used to be a soldier), most soldiers don't want all the ass kissing they get. And when statements like the one you mentioned come from someone on the internet, they're automatically suspect. I tend to think they're from couch warriors who never served a day in their life, but who are all for sending others to war.

And if a veteran does make a statement like that, well, combat arms is where many of the lowest ASVAB scorers get sent--particularly infantry.

But really, if some motherfucker thinks he saved the nation because he got sent to Iraq to fight in the stupidest conflict in American history, well, whatever. Trump is President---that's how many stupid motherfuckers there are in this country.

Soldiers are people who do a job. It can be dangerous and difficult, often it is none of those things.
Out of the millions of soldiers the US has how many of them actually served in the gulf etc?

I know that ~9 out 10 US military did not see action during WWII. We had the luxury of that dense an infrastructure.