-Caveat Lector- Bill Richer reposted: * Flag-waving isn't enough* by David H. Hackworth The uncanny appropriateness of the purported author's name suggests that this essay is some kind of parody, an impression confirmed by the miasma of cognitive retardation exuded by such concept-blocks as: > be prepared for this conflict to take years and cost all the true grit our nation can muster. >from each setback we learned and grew stronger -- and ever more determined to fight on. >... crafting and delivering a mighty international fist... >Now that we're under siege, every citizen must stay minefield alert. Any activity that appears suspicious should be reported at once. >The fiends we're up against are dedicated fanatics - often well educated - who hate our country and what it stands for with every fiber of their twisted souls. They'll continue to go after us as tenaciously as Japan's World War II suicide soldiers, whom we had to burn and blast one by one out of caves from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. [So the kamikaze were right after all in their belief that if you crashed gloriously for the Emperor you would be immediately reborn in a cave on some tropical island. Or perhaps the writer refers to those suicidal infantrymen who went deep underground to try to slash their wrists with strips of bamboo. ] >there's the slow lifting of countless rocks in order to tear out the terrorist tentacles wrapped around our everyday lives. [and while we're there, nip in the bud the grassroots of the whirlwind of terror that will silently undermine the foundations of the ship of state...] >..real patriotism won't be about waving a flag or singing a song. It will be having the courage and commitment to stay with this war until dawn's early light, even after we're long weary of the slow-going and the sacrifice. [not to mention the cliches and solecisms...] © 2001 David H. Hackworth <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
