Victory in the Cold War and the service of Vietnam veterans make an abundant lie of Kristol's generalization.

Perhaps Kristol's account properly reflects the estimation of those Boomers like himself, who had the opportunity to serve but ultimately had other priorities, compared to those today who volunteer --- but I for one would not want to be compared next to any of the men who held Khe Sanh or cleared Hue City (had the pleasure of meeting some of those gentlemen this past 10 Nov).