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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (55300)	10/28/2002 11:11:48 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

my point is only that they can be used in a historically appropriate manner also. A simplistic reading of History gives the impression that Chamberlain was a wimp and a fool. Not true at all. He knew Hitler was a bad guy, and he also knew that Britain was not ready to fight him, either logistically or morally. I wonder sometimes if everyone here realizes the level of knowledge of History on this thread. I was reading a critique of our present Army basic training by Hackworth, called "The March of the Porcelain Soldiers" recently. Here is a line from it. >>>>> The hardcores clink bottles and shake their heads. They say the Reception battalion is sending them recruits with asthma, bad knees, weak ankles, people bearing raps sheets dotted with criminal misdemeanors, a sprinkling of recycled felons, and dim bulbs ('rocks with lips') by the dozens. "You ask them when the War of 1812 was and they say, 'Uh, 1940'' Who did we fight in the Spanish American War' 'Uh, Germanee?'" I had this one gal from Baltimore I asked who wrote the Star Spangled Banner. She said, "Oh, that was Francis Scott Key. The rockets was goin' off and the bombs was fallin' and the Japanese ships were headin' into Pearl Harbor, and...' I'm not shittin' you, man."<<<<<< hackworth.com