WARRIORS

A NEWSPAPER PRINTS THAT "PEOPLE WHO FEEL CHRONIC STRESS AT WORK MAY FACE AN INCREASED RISK OF DEPRESSION, A LARGE STUDY SUGGESTS." AGENDA-DRIVEN POPPYCOCK, I SUGGEST. "I'M A WARRIOR," A BATTALION COMMANDER IN IRAQ, SAID. "IT'S MY JOB TO FIGHT." HIS JOB DESCRIPTION MAY CONTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR STRESS AND DEPRESSION, BUT HIS JOB IS ACCEPTED, NECESSARY AND AGES OLD. WHAT WARRIORS DO IS FIGHT. A PROFESSOR AT YALE SUGGESTS THAT "ONE CANNOT LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING ONE IS PREPARED TO GIVE IT UP FOR." ROBERT KAPLAN A WAR SCHOLAR AND WRITER AND I AGREE THAT PATRIOTISM REQUIRES HEROES NOT VICTIMS; WARRIORS FIRED UP WITH A JUST CAUSE CONCUR WITH US

YET THE CULT OF VICTIM HOOD SPAWNED IN THE 1960'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION HAS TRIED TO FOIST ITS AGENDA UPON THE PUBLIC BY DENOUNCING WAR AND APPLYING VICTIM HOOD STATUS TO SELECTED MINORITIES, THE MISLED SOLDIERY AND EVEN THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN POPULACE. THIS SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO WORK, BUT IT IS WORKING THANKS TO THE AMERICAN MEDIA TODAY WHICH HAS REPORTED ON TWO MILITARY, ABUSE STORIES AS OPPOSED TO HEROES' AND MEDAL OF HONORS' STORIES WITH A RATIO OF 10,000 TO 90.
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UNION GENERAL WILLIAM SHERMAN JUSTIFIED HIS DESTRUCTIVE MARCH THROUGH THE SOUTH TO THE SEA IN 1864; CONFEDERATE WADE HAMPTON CALLED IT BARBARIC. SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINE IN WORLD WAR II AND FAMILIES BACK HOME, FELT THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPAN IN 1945 WAS JUSTIFIED; THOSE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT DATA AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE SAID NAY. SHERMAN ALSO SAID THAT WAR IS HELL. HELL, HOW COULD IT BE OTHERWISE? WARRIORS VS. WARRIORS. CAUSE VS. CAUSE. AN AFTERMATH OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION VS. PEACE AT GREAT PRICE. GOOD VS. EVIL. WAR IS SOMETIMES AS GENERAL EISENHOWER REMINDED US BEFORE WE LANDED TROOPS ON THE SHORES OF NORMANDY, JUNE 6, 1944. "A GREAT CRUSADE." WHAT GOOD COMES OF WAR AT LAST SINCE WARS WILL NEVER END? IS IT A TEMPORARY PEACE THAT IS WORTH DYING FOR HERE ON EARTH? OR IS IT A LASTING PEACE AFTER THE FINAL CONFLICT OF ARMAGEDDON?