Very true, I believe they are vicariously thrilled by the concept of being able to slaughter their enemies in wholesale quantity as well.
A bunch of chickens*** neck shooters like Che.
I believe the vicarious thrill of which you speak is real. It is, I think, a manifestation of a sense of personal impotence, if not outright failure. There is a reason Hitler ended up the way he did, and Mao, too. People of limited intellect who nonetheless manage to secrete it behind a facade of personal bravado and superficially compelling rhetoric ought always be treated with the utmost suspicion. Like a certain President I might mention.