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"Flags of Our Fathers"

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11-05-2006 2:20 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by joshua221
11-04-2006 11:59 PM

I haven't seen the Movie yet.
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Rudyard Kipling however answered your question of why...
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"If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied."
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Kevin Tillman the brother of Pat Tillman wrote a moving and insightful piece (a poem really) in the same form as Kipling's "If".
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Both Kipling's line, which was about WW1, and Kevin's essay are both contemporary and yet timeless I suggest each Republican chicken hawk read it.
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http://www.truthdig.com/...tem/200601019_after_pats_birthday
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