Veteran's Day is an occasion of auspicious recognition of our heroes in uniform. While Americans have always mixed their Christian religion with the armed services, beginning with the Revolutionary War, today we are told that only pacifism is enlightened. Or we are informed that any religious person owes a duty to other citizens to keep his or her mouth shut in public. Finally, we are informed that religion in world history is only a negative and all the world's problems are caused by people of belief.