Wehrmacht Penis Envy

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/opinion/main6221501.shtml

Loving the German War Machine to Death
Lieut. Colonel William J. Astore (Ret.) How the U.S. Way of War Became
a Desiccated Version of the old German one

"Looking back on my youthful infatuation with the German Wehrmacht, I
recognize a boy’s misguided enthusiasm for military hardness and
toughness.  I recognize as well the seductiveness of reducing the
chaos of war to “shock and awe” Blitzkrieg and warrior empowerment.
What amazes me, however, is how this astonishingly selective and
adolescent view of war -- with its fetish for lightning results,
achieved by elevating and empowering a new generation of warlords,
warriors, and advanced weaponry -- came to dominate mainstream
American military thinking after the frustrations of Vietnam."