Bob Wallace on The Brain of the Chickenhawk:
These men are deserving of nothing but contempt. They're cowards, all of them. They think they are so intellectually and morally superior to everyone else that it gives them the right to reduce other people to the status of things. That's why they can so casually send others to die, while they won't fight. They think they're indispensable, but believe those they urge to die are expendable.
Do I believe that there should be a draft or that only those who've served have the right to talk about war? Not at all. I just believe that if you didn't serve, you've surrendered the right to be taken seriously when you foam at the mouth at those opposed to a military intervention, especially when you demand that others fight and die for your pet causes while you sit comfortably in your recliner with your TV remote in one hand.
Link courtesy of Casey Williams.