tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post114464443584191224..comments2023-08-10T02:35:48.311-07:00Comments on My Sandmen: America at WarMr.Atoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11531644043944267693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1144790360296349632006-04-11T14:19:00.000-07:002006-04-11T14:19:00.000-07:00Great stuff, Mike.I grow increasingly pessimistic ...Great stuff, Mike.<BR/><BR/>I grow increasingly pessimistic about our will to maintain Liberty. All of my ancestors, if they could, would no doubt give me a long diatribe starting with "why, when I was your age . . ." if they ever had the opportunity to examine how I view my petty little life problems. The Medieval English Peasants, The Scottish Clansmen, The Revolutionary War veterans, the Civil War veterans, The Oregon Pioneers, etc. would all slap me upside the head for putting any energy in to worrying about my cable TV rates. They sacrificed so much for me to be who, where and what I am.<BR/><BR/>We are all limited in our understanding of the world by our own temporal perspective. In a world where the boundless fruits of liberty come without effort, it is difficult for all of us to remember the value of liberty. Only when it is taken from us will we truly value it. But how much are we willing to part with? And how much has our culture dilluted the real value of liberty?<BR/><BR/>Will we, and I, ever confront something worth killing or dying for?dueler88https://www.blogger.com/profile/15936047536305626931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251755.post-1144761690332015142006-04-11T06:21:00.000-07:002006-04-11T06:21:00.000-07:00Great point, but we still relied on our industrial...Great point, but we still relied on our industrial might and wealth to win that war...the casualities were few, so we had the stomach for it. If we had been losing 15 people a month in direct action...we would hve capitulated in 1960...thanks for the comments. MMMajor Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672097330797736028noreply@blogger.com