Oh Boy... This Day (Feb 15th)... We REALLY Do Need To Remember The Maine !!!

[WillyT]

Caught this while surfin the net.



Link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb15.html

All those ships in those carrier task groups in the middle east right now. One boat goes down. Blame it on the Iranians...

Happy Valentine's, y'all.

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. Shit. You're right--forgot about that anniversary

even though I'm reading an Elmore Leonard novel set in Cuba just after the Maine was sunk.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. "You provide the photographs, I'll provide the war!"

(Randolph Hearst's response to a complaint from a photographer he sent to Cuba that there was no war to cover)

[WillyT]

3. Morning Kick !!!

:kick:

[William Bloode]

4. No we should not.

The Maine went down due to an internal boiler expolsion and was used as a propaganda tool to start a war. "Remember the Maine" is a propaganda tool in itself.

[Jacobin]

5. I think that was the original poster's point

Because the real lesson of "remember the Maine" is to realize that governments use lies and deceptions to start wars they have no business starting

[William Bloode]

7. Oh i know.

His post was a touch vague. Also you know some won't check a link. I just added it to make it a touch clearer.

[WillyT]

8. Thanks Jacobin... That Was EXACTLY My Point !!!

:hi:

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Remember What?

See, i forgot already.
The Professor