Tag: war
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How is making religious orgs pay…
How is making religious organizations pay for health insurance that could be used for birth control, sterilization, and abortions a bigger religious liberty issue than making me pay taxes to support a war?
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Eject! Eject! Eject!: Forty Second Boyd and the Big Picture
Forty Second Boyd and the Big Picture. Bill Whittle writes an interesting history of America’s fighter jets and why our pilots dominate the skies, of how agility, not firepower, wins. And then applies it to the Iraq War. Hat tip: Jay Tea at Wizbang.
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More Than Numbers…
Another perspective on the many Americans who have died in war fighting for America. Sources:
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Cherishing Tenderly the Memory of Our Heroic Dead
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868 The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every…
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Homecoming Shock and Awe
Here’s a pleasant twist on the phrase, “shock and awe.”
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Wars and Rumors of Wars
To read the MSM, the only war worth reporting is America’s “illegal” attack on Iraq. The actual case, as documented by GlobalSecurity.org is very different. The United Nations defines “major wars” as military conflicts inflicting 1,000 battlefield deaths per year. In 1965, there were 10 major wars under way. The millennium ended with much of…