[justshutupandtakeit]

Any serious student of military history would not say that the only role of the army is "to kill people and break things."
It is clear from even a slight examination that armies are often the prime movers in scientific research, innovation and social development. Tell me that the campaigns of the Roman army were not highly scientific endeavors commonly accompanied by engineering feats of the highest quality.

MY assertion was that the public schools of the United States supply the soldiers for the greatest military force in history. It is a highly technical force requiring educated personnel and reflects the educations received in the public schools of the United States.

MY attempt is to tell the truth, not just parrot mindless phrases excreted by ideologues. Nationalism has almost always been the result of public education and should still be. The fact that it has turned away from that role is my biggest criticism of the system. However, there is nothing that can replace it and accomplish the OVERALL tasks as well. Certainly not home schooling.

[AdamSelene235]

MY assertion was that the public schools of the United States supply the soldiers for the greatest military force in history. It is a highly technical force requiring educated personnel and reflects the educations received in the public schools of the United States.

Yes, and this technical prowess comes from thousand upon thousands of PHD's & engineers who do nothing all day but contemplate how to kill, sense, communicate, encrypt,etc. NOT the bloody government school system. This type of research is, after all, what I've done my entire professional career. And believe me it is very difficult to find Americans to do this sort of work due to the shabby educational standards in this nation. We have dozens of job openings that sit unfilled due to the lack of qualified candidates. Easily 1/3 of the scientists I work with are foreign born.