If the US has convinced itself that able-bodied young men who are good at following orders are the people who need social support then it is quite a bit worse t

If the US has convinced itself that able-bodied young men who are good at following orders are the people who need social support then it is quite a bit worse than mere waste. That is $800 billion spent keeping the US's best labour out of the labour force. The US isn't sending sad cases over to Japan to cash welfare checks.