Must I cite sources? There are no shortage of them. But since you haven’t, and are relying on the opinion of one man, I’ll wait for you to take your turn.
It seems it is not my wheels that are spinning, but your head. Tolkien was a professor of English, and although he had war experience, he had a one-sided view. I didn’t take my handle from his legendarium for no reason.
Tolkien was right. You’re wrong. That won’t change.