Last month I quoted a comment from Lt. Gen. James Mattis who said “it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot [Afghanis],” drawing quite a response. I just came across a column from Gene Edward Veith defending Mattis. In part Veith argues that soldiers are fulfilling a God-given vocation, obeying their authorities and thus like other occupations, “there is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s work.” Martin Marty has a response, reprinted by the EPA (that’s the Evangelical Press Association, not the other EPA). Marty asks “how finding it a ‘hell of a lot of fun to shoot’ those who ‘ain’t got no manhood’ squares in any way with ‘love your enemies’?