And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Kinda like getting your groceries delivered to your front door these days.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe John Kerry was on the back of this boat and therefore demanded a medal for this obviously....'viscous and dangerous encounter'
ReplyDeleteyeah, no doubt his report of the action expanded on "repelling hostile indigenous forces"...
DeleteLook at the bright side: crew's not having MREs for dinner.
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