Word: soldierism
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...Uncle first hit the funny pages in 1940, with an appearance in the National Comics series, published by the now defunct Quality Comics. In the series, Uncle Sam was a Revolutionary War soldier whose soul merged with the spirit of Liberty. He was killed in battle but remained on Earth to fight for freedom. He briefly starred in his own comic book, Uncle Sam's Quarterly, which was published from 1941-1943. After a long hiatus (although he was memorably parodied by Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman during the Vietnam War), Uncle Sam returned to comics...
...adoring fans, including one woman holding a "Hug me, Michael" sign) and Triumph of the Will (the central figure lands in a city, meets the locals, attends a rally with guest speakers, then wows the crowd himself). Among the guests are Celeste Zappala, the outspoken mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, and a cadre of antiwar diplomats. At some venues, famous musicians are on hand: Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, Steve Earle and Tom Morello, ex of Rage Against the Machine...
...Stupid White Man. (That was a riff on Al Franken's best seller Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.) Malone is more or less accused of treason: giving aid and comfort to the enemy by making movies that "hate America." One soldier back from Iraq says that he and his buddies found a lot of Malone DVDs when they captured Saddam's palace...
...years later, New Hampshire voters had started to turn against the Bush administration. The war was not popular there from the start and the small state felt its losses more keenly. When a soldier from Conway or Whitefield died, the news made the front-page of papers all over the state. In the 2004 presidential election, New Hampshire became the only state that had voted for Bush in 2000 to flip into the Democratic column. The backlash continued in 2006, with more dramatic results. Riding a tide of anti-war opinion, two Democratic challengers upset both of the state...
...Nkunda is in his 40s and is married with children. He has been a soldier since 1993. •He studied psychology at the university level and is fluent in English. •He is a self-described devout Pentecostal Christian and sometimes wears a pin that says, "Rebels for Christ." He says he prays every day and claims many of his soldiers have converted to the faith. •He is a native of North Kivu, an eastern Congolese province that shares a border with Rwanda. •He is almost always photographed in a military outfit, wearing sunglases...