James Glaser: I am sick of veterans who wave the flag and send others off to die

  A World War II vet told me something once that I have found to be true:

  “If you walk into a VFW or American Legion Post bar and hear some guy telling everyone what a hero he was and how he fought the enemy so well, but at the end of the bar there sits a man alone not talking to anyone, chances are great that the silent man was the one who really saw the thick of combat, while the braggart never even saw action.”