re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We also had a matter of national prestige, a rival ideology that we had to keep ahead of.

Now we squander our resources and energies fighting asymmetrical wars with rebel bands hiding in mountain caves or the rubble of ruined cities.

As opposed to fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia? And, as now, most of the wealthy managed to avoid the fight — cf Cadet Bone Spurs.