Re: Reply
John Kaeding (jkaeding@NETPORT.COM)
Tue, 13 May 1997 12:08:36 -0700
Hi, all I can say is Amen
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> From: BAGB17@AOL.COM
> To: MEMORIES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: Reply
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 1997 10:10
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> Question from a war veteran: How can war be prevented in a world of evil
> armed forces? Seems to me our own history gives us the answer, the
answer of
> what not to do: Disarm after every war. This happened throughout our
> history, beginning with our first revolutionary war. Civilian leaders
> disarmed our military forces down to one Captain and several enlisted to
> "Watch the stores." In a few months, four wars erupted by Indians
butchering
> men, women and children. Many died while building a militia of sorts,
when
> the Indians were subdued, the militia was disbanded. Our civilian
leaders
> have not learned this lesson throughout our history, they are doing the
same
> thing today. They guarantee another war.
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