Wow! The battle looks completely different when you're in the middle of it than it does to the generals up on the hill.
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
However Kennedy, a decorated veteran of WW2, resisted sending in combat troops. He said to Arthur Schlesinger: The troops will march in, the bands will play, the crowds will cheer, and in 4 days everyone will have forgotten. Then we will be told we have to send in more troops. Well, it's like taking a drink: the effect wears off and you have to take another.
Today's generation isn't tolerant against stress, so they're susceptible to violent impulses and obsessive compulsions.
Is a government worth preserving when it lies to the people? It's become a dangerous country when you cannot trust anyone. When you cannot tell the truth. I say let justice be done, though the heavens fall!