http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/04/05/modern-patriotism-and-this-republic-of-suffering/ The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed - Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/04/05/modern-patriotism-and-this-republic-of-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Craig Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:08:06 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=543#comment-406 I saw a statistic on the wire about a month ago. There are, apparently, several major U.S. cities that have not experienced a single war related death. There are several medium sized U.S. towns that do not even have, or have had, service members in uniform involved with the Iraq war. The American Civil War touched every locality in the nation at the time, big or small. This current war has not been brought home as grimly, thank our lucky stars. I've spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan already. Personally I've got some well earned opinions about the two actions, the leaders involved, media's role, and the "support" the troops have received. That said, I sincerely think historians looking back at our present with the benefit of hind-sight will write some things, about us as a nation, that would shock all of us. I saw a statistic on the wire about a month ago. There are, apparently, several major U.S. cities that have not experienced a single war related death. There are several medium sized U.S. towns that do not even have, or have had, service members in uniform involved with the Iraq war. The American Civil War touched every locality in the nation at the time, big or small. This current war has not been brought home as grimly, thank our lucky stars. I’ve spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan already. Personally I’ve got some well earned opinions about the two actions, the leaders involved, media’s role, and the “support” the troops have received. That said, I sincerely think historians looking back at our present with the benefit of hind-sight will write some things, about us as a nation, that would shock all of us.

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