Super Bowl and Nuremberg

This letter in today's inquirer makes a good point and I remember thinking the same thing watching the Super Bowl pregame. I had never seen so much military involvement in a game before.

Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/11/2005 | Letters | Letters: "Using the Super Bowl
I felt uneasy about the militarization of the Super Bowl: soldiers marching; fighter jets flying by; a reading of the Declaration of Independence; cheering crowds; and fireworks exploding when Paul McCartney sang 'Live and Let Die.'
The enmeshment of the military and sports heroes reminded me of Hitler's Nuremberg rallies and his use of the Olympics to gain support for militarization. Watching last weekend's festivities, one might easily get the impression that Americans are nearly unanimous in supporting President Bush's wars and forget that half of Americans are opposed to the war in Iraq and any further unilateral military aggression.
Robert E. Griffin
Forty Fort, Pa."