We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:07:12 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Not all the voices are yet silenced. From the Telegraph today: Four of the 23 known surviving veterans of the First World War have led a service commemorating the 90th anniversary of the conflict's outbreak. The veterans, who are all over 100 years old, met at the Cenotaph in London for the 11am service, which was also attended by Lord Kitchener, the great nephew of Field Marshall Kitchener, who commanded British forces during the war. Three of the men arrived in wheelchairs, but William Stone, 103, walked unaided as the group carried wreaths to lay at the memorial in Whitehall.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:59:51 -0600 Amen, to all above. And here's to my neighbor Mrs. Smaltz's Uncle Arthur, who was blown to smithereens in the retreat from Mons in 1914. Contemptible Little Army gave a right good account of itself. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html#comment-5666 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html#comment-5666 Wed, 04 Aug 2004 18:49:09 -0600 750,000 dead. And another half-mill in WW2. And it was still worth it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html#comment-5661 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/08/the_war_to_end_all_wars.html#comment-5661 Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:56:04 -0600