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

[abaris]

What I find rather ironic is that the USA are the rightful heirs of Prussian militarism. I would be hard pressed to name another country that obsessed with it's armed forces. I just watched a documentary on military schools and boot camps for children. Catch them while they're young. That's virtually the same the Prussians did, breeding their future soldiers.

I was that disgusted that I couldn't even watch the documentary to it's end. It's a form of child abuse to expose 12 or 14 years olds to that kind of treatment.