Random Thoughts

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."

       - John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

Not to beat a dead horse, but since my post last night I've found more reports from soldiers returning from Iraq.  The best, I thought, was a story written by Hank Sims, a staff writer for The North Coast Journal.  The interviewee is U. S. Marine Josh Ingram, one of the town's native sons.  Josh says, "They loved us..."

There was another rather lengthy post over at Porphyrogenitus in which a Lt. Colonel gives an account of what's going on in his area of responsibility.  It's pretty detailed and gives you a feel for "being there."  

And earlier this morning I discovered a great speech over at the Center for Individual Freedom titled "Patriot Day."  It was delivered by Bruce Herschensohn, a Pepperdine University professor.  He says, "Settling for peace while ignoring the threat of losing liberty is easy.  But peace without liberty is surrender."

Dwayne Burnette at Tech Central Station has written an excellent article titled "What Would Sun-Tzu Do?"  Sun-Tzu, as you may recall, wrote The Art of War, the oldest military treatise in existence.

See you tomorrow.