God help this country if there’s ever someone sitting in this chair who knows less about the military than I do. --IkeWhat kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind
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Many entries back I sort of rhetorically suggested that Oliver Stone make a movie about 9/11. I think he has. It's called Wild Palms. I gather he produced it. He didn't write or direct. It was a mini-series on the Sci-Fi Channel in 1993. At least I gather that, too. It sounds prescient. From around
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Speaking on April 30, 2004, at the 29th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City), a frail but defiant 93-year old General Giap said, "Any forces that seek to impose their will on other nations will surely fail." While diplomatic niceties did not allow him to comment directly on the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the old warrior's
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