DIRE DATA
Don’t know what prompted the thought, but via quick and rough calculation, come this summer the U.S. will have been engaged in boots on the ground warfare for longer than it officially was in World Wars I and II, combined.
WWI: Declaration of war - early April 1917. Armistice Day - mid-November 1918. Approximately 19 months.
WWII: Declaration of war - early December 1941. VJ Day - mid-August 1945. Approximately 45 months.
Total: approximately 64 months.
Iraq: late March 2003 to today - coming up now on 61 months.
The operations in Afghanistan, of course, have long surpassed that length, currently being in month 78.
It is, frankly, distressing in extremis to realize that every single child here aged 6½ or younger has never lived in an America not actively waging war.
voxd, you’re back!!
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Sad & somber words, though.
Tragic, isn’t it, that some people seem to actually love war…
:(
Comment by Hill — April 11, 2008 @ 2:39 pm on Friday the 11th
Just checking in…
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Comment by Hill — April 24, 2008 @ 7:51 pm on Thursday the 24th
Truth Escapes Satans Grip
I had a dream.
I saw satan swimming slowly, languorously, smiling,
wafting down a river of blood.
More and more as he spread his blood drenched arms
across each bank, people murdered themselves
and murdered their neighbors.
Their blood poured out filling the river deeper and deeper,
and satan patiently, willfully, joyfully
screeched a hideous cry of encouragement.
The unwitting souls on the riverbank, stood
with their eyes firmly fixed on the heavens
spoke the name of God,
then committed self-murder,
and satans fingers, dripping blood, dragged their souls
into his hell bound torrent.
Occasionally a bright beam of truth
would shine upon one of the souls on the riverbank
and they would simply walk away.
And satan thrashed and screamed each time
as another soul escaped his grip.
Through Grace Peace
Comment by Through Grace Peace — June 27, 2008 @ 6:44 am on Friday the 27th