continuing with the letters (3 poop-antipoop letters in a day is unusual for a small paper like the des moines register) this is definitely poop. we have clark sheets of sheldon writing:

One of the things that has always puzzled me about the pacifist crowd is how they can be such experts on war when so few seem to have had actual military experience.

hey, mister, i was serving aboard a nuclear submarine in 1980. what the fuck were you doing?
ok, i'll tone it down since he seems to qabble on with:

No one wishes so fervently for peace as a soldier, particularly when he is frightened, far from home and in imminent physical peril. What he also understands, however, is that in our imperfect world there are times when battle is necessary

of course. when NECESSARY. that's the key word here sir. WE ARE NOT ANTI-DEFENSE. WE ARE FOR UNNECESSARY MASS DESTRUCTION. got it class? then he quotes george orwell *gasp*:

"War is evil, and often the lesser evil."

ofen, again the key word here is OFTEN. yes, WWII being one of them. the other wars, well, korean i spoze, vietnam? are you kidding. gulfwar 1, probably. 2? obviously not. then he concludes with:

Conversation with a veteran might at least add a little reasoned debate to peace activists' current stock of smugness and slogans

i sure in the fuck hopeso. you're having a one sided conversation with one right now. if one has to be smug and have slogans, so be it. it seems to be the only way the message can get across any more.