[WIladyconservative]

America is the greatest nation in the world, and we didn't get to this position by remaining complacent. The 140,000+ graves of U.S. men and women in France proves our loyalty to our friends and allies.

I once heard Collin Powell say(and I'm paraphrasing here) that we sacrifice our fine men and women for the liberty of strangers and ask nothing of the countries we liberate, except for enough land to bury our dead.

I still tear up when I think of that.

[MJY1288]

Yup, When I hear this stuff about "Imperialism" and "Blood for Oil" I go nuts.

All around the world in score's of countries, we have hundreds of thousands of our brave men and women buried in battle fields. Yet.... not in one of those countries can you find an American Flag flying over their Capital. We fight for freedom, not parcels of land.

I just wish these Liberals and 3rd world radicals could see this

[CyberAnt]

That was such a great statement because Powell said it to a highly placed clergyman - but I'm not sure where or who - and the interesting thing was that the clergyman was commenting on America being imperialistic, and Powell retorted with the remark, America has always been willing to send her men and women to die for the cause of freedom; all we have ever ask in return is enough land upon which to bury those who could not return. I heard there was dead silence in the room!

[El Gato]

I once heard Collin Powell say(and I'm paraphrasing here) that we sacrifice our fine men and women for the liberty of strangers and ask nothing of the countries we liberate, except for enough land to bury our dead.

And we haven't even asked for that since WW-II. Instead we've brought them home and buried them here. (I could be wrong about that, I don't know about the practice during the "Forgotten War" in Korea, but if we burried them there, then since the Korean War which "ended" in the early 50s)