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To: orionblamblam

I don't worship the Battle Flag, though I have one and am not offended by it. I had ancestors on both sides of the War, some in the same battles, and I salute the honor and courage of those on both sides.


119 posted on 07/20/2006 11:16:13 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: ohioman

> I salute the honor and courage of those on both sides.

There is honor and courage on both sides of *every* war. There were honorable and courageous among the VC, Republican Guards, Soviet army, SS, imperial Japanese, North Koreans, revolutionary Iranians. But if you honor their courage by honoring the flawed ideologies they were fighting for by waving their flags and symbols...


124 posted on 07/20/2006 12:52:29 PM PDT by orionblamblam (I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
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