i remember hearing that americans have a unique propensity to war and violence because they have never seen the horrors of war on their own soil. there has never been an american verison of the rape of nanking, nuking of hiroshima, siege of leningrad, bombing of dresden, etc. americans view war like reality television, as dumb teenagers getting a free trip to the middle east. last time the us drafted soldiers was over 50 years ago. last major battle on us soil was well over 100 years ago. closest thing is pearl harbor and 9/11 but those arent even close to the other horrors i mentioned.