[sexobon]

That's pretty much how I viewed Mike Rowe's article, as just pandering to the disaffected.

The cognoscenti know that it's not their duty to die for their country; but, their responsibility to give an enemy the maximum opportunity to die for theirs.

It's among the differences between those who have been there, done that and the been nowhere done nothings. Those differences seem to extend to voting. That doesn't stop the disaffected from complaining about the political outcomes.

They certainly have a right to complain. Fortunately, others don't have a duty to listen to the nonparticipants.