I don't understand your connection between entitlement and "willingness to die for the country." I dare say if you were to spend a day in the shoes of a soldier in Iraq, you'd change your tune about "very good lifestyle."
What I was thinking of was pilots who fly mostly training mission stateside. Those boys in Iraq got handed a raw deal IMO.
I used to be Republican but switched to the Democrats. I don't think my objectives for the role of government has changed, but rather the two parties have switch on some, not all, major positions. Just think of what we could have done within the US with the billions spent so far on this war.
