Chicken Hawks? I guess that would include Abraham Lincoln who only served a few weeks in the militia and never saw combat. Wilson, who never served in the military but led us into WWI. Most especially FDR who, like Wilson, did everything he could to get us entangled in a world war while at the same time espousing peace. Unless you’re suggesting that all decisions concerning whether or not to go to war should be made by active duty military officers (so much for civilian control) it might be time to give that particular slur a rest.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.