You people speak so lightly of war; you don’t know what you’re talking about. — William Tecumseh Sherman

My Take – A huge percentage of our political leadership has absolutely no military experience.  As the generation that has fought since 2001 comes into office, that will change but even then I don’t see much improvement.  One side sees military intervention overseas as a panacea for all the problems of the world.  The other side sees the military as a bunch of drooling murderers, useful only for social experiments and international welfare.  Both are too quick to use the military as a tool, and are shocked when the hammer they were trying to use as a screwdriver does what it does best:  kill people and break things.