Evidently they consider war to be a spectator sport where you wave your pom-poms for your team.
They are young men with a limited understanding of geopolitics but with an understanding of their country and their dedication to it even if it is a tad naive. Respect that from them. We all started somewhere.
“Evidently they consider war to be a spectator sport where you wave your pom-poms for your team.”
Looks like snow-flakism conquered your being. According to the self-righteous chiding of people like you, Americans can no longer be Americans, and that song gives one particular attribute. They were having fun with it.
Why don’t you take a trip to Iran and protest that regimes murderous activity, which they do indeed think is a spectator sport.