tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2632216335392293405..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Memorial Day is to remember the fallen Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16874611628876961972019-05-27T21:40:41.014-05:002019-05-27T21:40:41.014-05:00Sobering and stirring. Sobering and stirring. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84324592036698401312019-05-27T16:16:33.031-05:002019-05-27T16:16:33.031-05:00A touching narrative. One wonders how the nature o...A touching narrative. One wonders how the nature of Memorial Day may change as the shifting nature of warfare means that proportionally fewer men and women serve, and fewer yet see combat. After Hannibal destroyed a huge Roman army at Cannai it was said that every Roman household mourned a loss. As the WW II generation passes testimony from those who have seen the face of battle begins to be less available. One hopes the loss doesn't make us more warlike.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.com