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| Posted by:lotp |
| #6 Lincoln was right: we will either endure for all ages, or die by suicide. Ptah, no better place for the complete quote by President Lincoln. From his Lyceum Address on January 27, 1838 - Lincoln was 28 years old. This task of gratitude to our fathers, justice to ourselves, duty to posterity, and love for our species in general, all imperatively require us faithfully to perform. How then shall we perform it? At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. The prophetic vision of Lincoln, as America was almost torn apart by civil strife, now resonates with almost supreme irony as our nation faces yet another struggle against those within it who would sooner dissolve or disarm the Union than see our democratic superpower survive intact. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-04 17:35 |
| #5 Finish them all and get them into commission in time for the landings at Dahran and Jiddah. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-04-04 13:14 |
| #4 Time for some serious whomp ass |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-04 10:49 |
| #3 "Amphibious assault ship" Marines! |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-04 10:49 |
| #2 Fantastic story. People moved back after katrina, and one guy postponed retirement, so they could finish it. What a country. Lincoln was right: we will either endure for all ages, or die by suicide. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-04-04 10:11 |
| #1 Later ships in the class will include USS Arlington, the location of the Pentagon, also struck by a hijacked jetliner on Sept. 11, and USS Somerset, named for the Pennsylvania county where United Flight 93 crashed after its passengers fought off hijackers apparently planning to attack another Washington target. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-04-04 08:39 |