To have been clearer, should Chris Hayes have quoted Kissinger's famous definition of soldiers, [View all]

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as relayed by Al Haig to Bob Woodward--

"Military men are dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy",

(See http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Military ).

IMO the former Secretary of State's words are what Chris Hayes may have had in mind when on his MSNBC show he warned about glorifying war. I believe many of the people who are denouncing Chris Hayes for objecting to the use of the word "hero" for every military casualty secretly share Kissinger's cynicism and contempt for our now all-"volunteer" military forces.

IMO, as long as it's somebody else's child who can't find a job and ends up in Iraq, Afganistan, Iraq, Syria, or Libya, plenty of pols and TV personalities are glad to pay lip service to "heroes".

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