I don't know how the question asked got twisted into the last few posts. First -thank God we had the Greatest Generation was to fight the war in 1942. I'm not sure the current generation would make as good of a showing.

As far as the government question - I believe that is a whole different topic. Government is a necessary evil and nothing more. Government has gotten too big and too many government employees are "pot-lickers". I retired (early retirement) as a CSRS retiree 12 years ago, because I could no longer stomach the BS. And politicians only pervert good programs into welfare of one kind or the other. There are some good government employees - but they are greatly outnumbered by the pot-lickers. I tip my hat to the good government employees, but have nothing but contempt for the sub-standard bureaucrats.