Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?
— Patrick Henry, Debates in the Several State Conventions [1836] |
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May 18, 2022
Is the Pentagon Taking Us to Heaven?
In a fascinating public melding of mindsets, the U.S. leftwing media and rightwing media have come together to denounce opposition to the $40 billion aid package that Congress is getting ready to approve for the Ukrainian government. On the left, the Washington Post let loose with an extreme volley against what would seem to be a rather innocuous request by U.S. Senator … |
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