If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.
I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.
Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.
I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.
