Overheard Starbuck

"Where would our police, security guards and jailers get a leg-up on their training if America didn't have such a large military establishment?
---"Don't leave out pilots, fireworkers, emergency medical personnel and politicians."
"Female politicians don't have to be ex-military do they?"
---"No but I'm sure military service helps women qualify for those other jobs."
"Imagine what America would be like if military service was as expected of women seeking elected office as it is for men?"
---"Too many heroes, too many chiefs--not enough Indians in awe of their leaders' sacrifices?"
"The sacrifices! The sacrifices!"
---"Poe...Cooper?"
"Conrad...Brando."
---"I don't get it."
"You just don't get it man; you never will. You weren't there man! You weren't there!"
---"Deer Hunter?"