Those backwoods the author mentions also "fermented" up one Abraham Lincoln.
It's a group that constitutes the hardy core of the American folk, and it was introduced by the novelist and ex-Marine James Webb in these terms: "This people gave our country great things, including its most definitive culture. It is imbued with a unique and unforgiving code of personal honour less ritualised but every bit as powerful as the samurai code."....From this code of honour come the rules for the American political conduct of warfare. Once Jacksonian honour is engaged, America will fight ferociously, tirelessly and without restraint. "For the first Jacksonian rule of war is that wars must be fought with all available force," writes Mead. "The use of limited force is deeply repugnant. Jacksonians see war as a switch that is either 'on' or 'off'.
Damn straight.
The terrorists started this bloody war, and they are going to pay with their own blood till decimated beyond ability to regroup. The 'peace' crowd can take a hike. We're not allowing them to repeat the events of Vietnam. We will win because we have to win.