"Don't give me shit about Communism. The Russians and us nearly blew ourselves and the rest of the planet to hell last year over them wanting to put nuclear missiles in Cuba. I know all about the Russians." He lared back.

"And the Japs attacked us. Bombed our people." He resisted the urge to reach out and grab the younger man by the collar.

"You notice that we don't have to murder a whole village because people are shooting us behind the lines. Probably because we're not in the business of conquering other countries, rounding up the undesirables and shooting them out of hand. Or putting them in ghettos or gassing them."