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GaRebelRunner
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 Posted: 06/28/06 - 18:17 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | Lest the French forget the men and women buried in Normandy, Arlington and other places (most of which could not even vote at the times of their deaths) who fought, bled, and died to preserve freedom.
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Lest the Americans forget that without the French the result of the American Revolution is nothing more than a civil war with George Washington carrying the same status as General Robert E. Lee for better or worse.
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 06/29/06 - 09:03 Post subject:
| GaRebelRunner wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | Lest the French forget the men and women buried in Normandy, Arlington and other places (most of which could not even vote at the times of their deaths) who fought, bled, and died to preserve freedom.
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Lest the Americans forget that without the French the result of the American Revolution is nothing more than a civil war with George Washington carrying the same status as General Robert E. Lee for better or worse. |
but the French of today are not nearly the French of 200 years ago
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GaRebelRunner
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Posted: 06/30/06 - 08:28 Post subject:
[quote="wanttorun100]but the French of today are not nearly the French of 200 years ago[/quote]
which is true, but neither are we the Americans of 200 years ago. In many ways I see us sliding back into government control over all aspects of our lives. Much the same as the British controlled our lives prior to the American Revolution.
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