You have given me much to think about. Thank you for your considered replies. I am now seeing how the hippie worship of peace that infected the US since the 60s and that idolized such figures as the Dalai Lama and the Maharishi have eroded our national ethos.
well, it certainly did not help us to become a nation of warriors, when in fact that is what we need to be a nation of enlightened Warriors. To keep the peace on this crazy planet. just like the greatest Generation did 70 years ago. without them we would be toast