My father knew war. He fought in WWII at the Battle of Guadalcanal. He never talked about it much but once mentioned that he was strafed by a Japanese Zero. Thankfully, he dodged the bullets. My father was a conservative who loved America all of his life. During the Vietnam War he asked me an interesting question that only resonated with me much later in life. Dad said, "Do you think that we are doing the right thing fighting a war in Vietnam?" I was young, gung-ho and stupid at the time and I responded, "Dad, if the president thinks...