I am honored to be working in connection with our armed forces on this mission and no armchair general is big enough to make me feel any differently about that.
It's much better now that I've enacted my "Moratorium on Idiots." It's futile to try to explain how things really are to those who seem to have little else but large doses of arrogance as attributes. That type of person never listens to reason because they're too wrapped up in themselves.
I guess I should feel sorry for them as they bluster and strut around like banty roosters. They're so self-absorbed they can't see how they're coming across to reasonable people.
But laughing at 'em is so much more fun. ;-)
Good for you! Have fun on your leave, you deserve it!