This mindset also shapes American "anti-war" discourse on Ukraine, wherein the US aid to Ukraine (not the russian aggression!) is compared with our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Americans can't quite grasp a war Over Here, defending our country from a ground invasion. That's the sort of thing that happens in John Milius movies, not and actual risk.
This mindset also shapes American "anti-war" discourse on Ukraine, wherein the US aid to Ukraine (not the russian aggression!) is compared with our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Americans can't quite grasp a war Over Here, defending our country from a ground invasion. That's the sort of thing that happens in John Milius movies, not and actual risk.