Yeah, I think so. Anymore, we celebrate being victims - it's defeatism.

Modern war movies are the same way - the message is how awful and useless war is, instead of showing us kicking some ass like the old movies did.

Same with modern monuments. That Vietnam War Memorial bothers me. I can't imagine this country, after WWII, putting up monuments with the names of all the U.S. soldiers killed at Normandy and on Iwo Jima.

How 'bout putting up a monument, instead, with the names of all the North Vietnamese soldiers and Viet Cong we killed - with a little "happy face" beside each name? That monument would have to be five times the size of the one we've got now.

We used to celebrate our victories and accomplishments - now we wallow in our defeats and setbacks.