Ellen, do not, EVER, accuse me of such again. Not until you have been in the Infantry, have spoken with the grunts, have lived with them.

Have you held in your arms another human being, closer to you than a brother, his black skin and your white stained with his red blood and pink brains while his life left him? There's nothing "macho" or "testosterone" about it.

My father was in the Pacific; the first letter he wrote to my mother after the bombing of Hiroshima was to the effect that he could now come home to see his wife and infant son -- and he walked in on December 23, 1945, unannounced and to great joy.

If you REALLY want to see the results of war, visit The Wall.

The sole reason to fight anyone is for self defense.

Until you've been there, until you REALLY understand, don't castigate those who have been there.

Real warriors, male or female, don't talk about the killing.