Poor William's Almanack, June 20, 2006, Just War

Ben Franklin's bifocals Tuesday, June 20, 2006

[1782 - Great Seal of the United States adopted by Congress]

West Virginia Farm - almost heaven
[1863 - West Virginia officially enters the United States of America as the 35th state]

[1905 - Lillian Hellman, playwright and screenwriter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana]

Flynn as Robin Hood
[1909 - Errol (Leslie Thomson) Flynn, actor, born in Hobart, Tasmania]

Chet Atkins Memorial Statue
[1924 - Chet (Chester Burton) Atkins, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, born in Luttrell, Tennessee]

Army guy battering door Just War
hooded Iraqi POW with 4-year-old son

Let's see, we have the War On Terror, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and, oh yes, the War on Drugs. All of these are Just Wars of course because my country is the protagonist in each one, and my country would not do anything that was unjust. According to the official pronouncements of our government, we are winning all four of those wars. So, tell william, do you honestly feel safer now than you did a year ago? Five years ago? Ten years ago? Osama Bin-Laden

William's Whimsical Words:

Don't worry, all the current conflicts are just wars; we forgot about and lost the War on Poverty a long time ago.

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