Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, writing from Philadelphia, February 14, 1776
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Happy Christmas, War is Over...
In case anyone missed it, the president announced in his Memorial Day address that the 14-year war in Afghanistan is over. The response of his audience at Arlington National Cemetery was underwhelming -- silence. The response across the country was similar: there were no cheers, there was no rejoicing, there was no dancing in the streets. The longest war in our history ended and there was no fanfare, no parades, no fireworks. Why? Because there was no victory.
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