Comments for Over the Ramparts We Watched 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/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:58:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Over the Ramparts We Watched http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:07:51 -0600 Comment from Bill Smith on 2008-07-04
We DIDN'T have a great military -- by contemporary standards -- when we defeated the greatest empire the world had ever seen -- twice. But we DID have a great Nation. A really pissed off Great Nation.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75021 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75021 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:58:08 -0600 Comment from XBradTC on 2008-07-04 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75020 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75020 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:34:29 -0600 Comment from kat-missouri on 2008-07-04 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75018 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/07/over_the_rampar.html#comment-75018 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:04:36 -0600 Comment from XBradTC on 2008-07-04 One of my bugbears is that when I openly display my patriotism, by flying our nation's flag, or by singing loudly (but poorly) our nation's anthem, they assume that patriotism equals militarism. Not in my book.
We tend to remember the military episodes in our nation's history because they are easy to point to' large, memorable events that many of our citizens took part in.
But so much of the patriotism in our nation is expressed in small, but wonderful ways. People who coach Little Leauge because they think it is important to be involved in the lives of our youth; folks who take the time to serve with groups like Meals on Wheels because taking care of our own isn't just a military thing, it really is the American Way.
It isn't because we have a great military that we have a great nation.
It is because we have a great nation that we have a great military.
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