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Thanks for posting -- I tend to feel uncomfortable...

2009-11-10T23:22:43.867-06:00

Thanks for posting -- I tend to feel uncomfortable around all ceremonial war stuff, but this speech was quite moving and made me, perhaps, a tad less cynical.

Anonymous: "We will not forget the image of ...

2009-11-10T20:35:53.824-06:00

Anonymous:

"We will not forget the image of young marines gently draping our nation's flag over the broken body of one of their fallen comrades."
--Ronald Reagan, April 23, 1983, speaking on the deaths of Americans in the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut.

...and, of course, the countless other other presidents, politicians, and newspapers, before and since, using this fine old word. Like the Las Vegas Sun, last week: "Firefighters Gather to Remember Fallen Comrades."

Anyway, it was a moving speech.

That seems like a cynical thing to say, given the ...

2009-11-10T19:45:52.742-06:00

That seems like a cynical thing to say, given the topic.

"Comrades"?? Really? Are we in Russia no...

2009-11-10T18:39:13.677-06:00

"Comrades"?? Really? Are we in Russia now? I always think of Communism when I heard that word. I probably just dated myself. All in all a good speech. I do wonder, though, how much does he contribute, how much do his speech writers contribute.