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Phil Donahue has fallen into this trap of downplaying the Iraqi threat, and Miller called him on it last month. When Donahue smugly supposed, metaphorically, that America might start a war thinking Saddam had a “gun?? and then find out afterwards that he only had a “rock,” Miller became exasperated. “Oh, if it was only a rock, Phil, for God’s sakes. The sword of Damocles is now an ICBM of Damocles, for God’s sakes...
Pacelli and the late Sanders are members of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a philanthropic group commissioned by the governor of Kentucky. You don’t have to know how to hold a gun??Sanders himself never spent a day in the military. “[Sanders is] as much a colonel as I am,” Pacelli says. Moreover, you don’t even have to be from Kentucky, although it helps to know the governor...
...wait until a clear declaration of war it will be too late. If the Iraqis attack us first, or aquire the means to menace the entire region, the large loss of life or politcal instability will be unacceptable. Therefore, we cannot wait for a “smoking gun?? before attacking; instead we have to use past history and our best knowledge in order to make decisions about war and peace. This doctrine seems sensible. In the 21st century, the normal rules of warfare do not exist and so we must be vigilant about any encroaching threat...
...September 1990, Nicholas P. Orenstein ’05 went on a run-of-the-mill hunting trip with his dad. Clad in camouflage gear, he took his self-described .410-gauge “little kid gun?? to southern Texas for a perfect male bonding experience and came back with a prize. While other seven-year-olds won prizes for shooting water guns into bull’s-eyes at amusement parks, Orenstein’s game and prize were unique. As he matter-of-factly puts it: “I shot the largest turkey...
...Vermont loves to play a ‘run-n-gun?? game,” Mazzoleni said. “They’re a chancy team. It’s going to be key against them to play our game, use our size and strength against them...