My Dad had a saying, I am sure most have heard it or versions of it.
It is more of a philosophy, of his generation, the WW2 guys, they lived it too.
"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
They pulled together, and fought a common enemy.
Today, we seem more content, to fingerpoint, and fight amongst ourselves. (this thread, is an excellant example)
Abe Lincoln had a saying some 140-145 years ago..
"United We Stand, Divided We Fall"..
I had a History teacher who loved the saying "He who does not learn from History, is doomed to repeat it."
While this could be interpurted that, this is why we continue to war, it could also be, (if you figure how we handled Korea, and Viet Nam), why we continue to not be able to finish what we started.
I tend to doubt the nation as a whole has the dedication, guts and perserverance, that the WW2 generation did, and this, will ultimatley, be our downfall.
anyway.. just my 2 cents, for what it's worth
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