Or the president of the united states kissing some peasants baby right? you come off as quite the self important nipple head.
i honestly don't get this military worship and entitlement that goes on exclusively in america (and is a fairly recent thing, too). in countries with compulsory service, it's seen as a service industry with a high turnover as something for younger people to go through and make some money while at the same time serving a purpose (maintaining national defense), similar to the food service industry. you are serving the people, not the other way around. and the uniform doesn't carry some god-tier status because everyone had to do it.
but here anyone that passes basic is automatically a rock star that wants peasants to bow down before them. plus you get free college and pension and crazy real estate benefits, people all flock to the military for all the wrong reasons, you get too many careerists trying to make a job out of it, minorities looking to make a quick buck, etc. no wonder the US military is so terribly inefficient and mismanaged and plagued with crime and gang problems.
plus it creates a huge divide between the civilian and military worlds. all the while the government tries to take the civilians' guns, making that alienation even deeper. whatever happened to "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..."?
honestly i think they should just bring back compulsory service, or if not that than at least make everyone pass basic. then you wouldn't have such a fucking huge obesity problem, and such a huge limp-wristed liberal anti-gun pussy protectionist culture, and such a hardcore neo-con military glamorization culture.
