The American Spectator

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p>The extremist New York Times ' decision to keep mum on patriotism in an account of Pat Tillman's decision to enlist signifies a animus against mention of patriotism unless it can be put into a context meant to vitiate or even villainize an appearance of patriotism in an event reported. They're looking for a "real motive" for Tillman's decision. It's poisonous, what epiphanies the increasingly red New York Times ' aims to belittle. Maybe Tillman has a reason more specific than just plain patriotism, maybe not, but the Times is looking for one -- as if, for instance, reinvigoration by the terrorist attacks of childhood dreams of joining the military might help "explain away" the patriotism; or as if, for another instance, terrorists' murder of a friend were not a legitimate motive for increased patriotism! I remember in NYC, people some of whom had probably never saluted the flag in their lives were weeping at the sight of it. It isn't "just a flag," after all. It's terrible, what great wonders some of us come to take for granted. br> -- Benjamin Udell /p> p> LONELY AND VALIANT br> Re: Lawrence Henry's The Middle East War Nobody Knows :

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