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GOOD GAWD, Awklib!
I just about keeled over when I read that quotation:
"Ledeen argued that war "provides a real test of character" and "creates a pool of leaders for the nation."
That is straight out of the Nazi liteature about "War will make us strong." These guys are farther out there than we can imagine!
A "real test of character" for the Neocon crowd during the Vietnam years included claiming your cyst makes you unfit to serve (Rush Limbaugh), claiming you really want to be a priest (George Will), claiming that teaching business law is vital to the war effort (John Ashcroft) and literally pooping in your pants (Ted Nugent).