A SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION EMERGES IN TO END ALL WARS The early comment in To End All Wars by a Scottish soldier characterizing World War II as the second “war to end all wars” somehow tells us that we are to view a film that will make us think. Based on the book The Miracle on […]
A SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION EMERGES IN TO END ALL WARS The early comment in To End All Wars by a Scottish soldier characterizing World War II as the second “war to end all wars” somehow tells us that we are to view a film that will make us think. Based on the book The Miracle on
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AUSTRALIAN “HALF-CASTES” DENIED RIGHTS ALONG THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE The longest fence in the world bisects Australia for 1,500 miles. Farmland is on one side of the fence, which thus serves to prevent rabbits from invading the crops; hence the name “rabbit-proof fence.” Building and maintaining the fence placed some European settlers into contact with the
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AUSTRALIAN “HALF-CASTES” DENIED RIGHTS ALONG THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE The longest fence in the world bisects Australia for 1,500 miles. Farmland is on one side of the fence, which thus serves to prevent rabbits from invading the crops; hence the name “rabbit-proof fence.” Building and maintaining the fence placed some European settlers into contact with the
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THE QUIET AMERICAN DEAFENINGLY PROCLAIMS THE FOLLY OF REGIME CHANGE In 1945, when Ho Chi Minh read the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, modeled after the American Declaration of 1776, American warplanes flying overhead dipped down to show approval, and the Vietnamese in the square below cheered. The United States and Ho Chi Minh’s forces were
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THE QUIET AMERICAN DEAFENINGLY PROCLAIMS THE FOLLY OF REGIME CHANGE In 1945, when Ho Chi Minh read the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence, modeled after the American Declaration of 1776, American warplanes flying overhead dipped down to show approval, and the Vietnamese in the square below cheered. The United States and Ho Chi Minh’s forces were
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KENNEDY’S SUPPOSED KILLER CONFESSES IN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN President Lyndon Johnson, interviewed for the Warren Report on the assassination of President John Kennedy, expressed the view that there was a conspiracy involving several persons, not a lone gunman. His remark was deleted from the report. In addition, many witnesses who might have refuted the
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