Nov
11By Roderick
Everything you need to know about Veterans Day – from Bill Anderson:
At 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, 90 years ago today, the fighting on the Western Front stopped. What most people do not know is that because the generals wanted the 11-11-11 slot, there was another 11 on 11-11-1918: thousands of men, including my great uncle, Ralph Cowell, fell that day. Ralph was one of 320 Americans to lose his life before 11 a.m.
There needed to be no fighting that day. The Germans had agreed to pull back, and everyone was anxious for the fighting to end. But that was not good enough for the powers that be, who wanted to do something cute with the number 11.
Tagged Left-Libertarian, Terror, Thank You Please May I Have Another |
*impersonates Count Von Count from Sesame Street*
One unnecessary death, two unnecessary deaths, three unnecessary deaths, four unnecessary deaths, five unnecessary deaths, six unnecessary deaths, seven unnecessary deaths, eight unnecessary deaths, nine unnecessary deaths, ten unnecessary deaths, eleven unnecessary deaths, twelve unnecessary deaths, thirteen unnecessary deaths, fourteen unnecessary deaths, fifteen unnecessary deaths, sixteen unnecessary deaths, seventeen unnecessary deaths, eighteen unnecessary deaths, nineteen unnecessary deaths, twenty unnecessary deaths, twenty-one unnecessary deaths, twenty-two unnecessary deaths, twenty-three unnecessary deaths, twenty-four unnecessary deaths, twenty-five unnecessary deaths, twenty-six unnecessary deaths, twenty-seven unnecessary deaths, twenty-eight unnecessary deaths, twenty-nine unnecessary deaths, thirty unnecessary deaths, thirty-one unnecessary deaths, thirty-two unnecessary deaths, thirty-three unnecessary deaths, thirty-four unnecessary deaths, thirty-five unnecessary deaths, thirty-six unnecessary deaths…