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Fire of liberty still burns in millions
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto purportedly assessed the United States — which many in his nation saw as weak-willed and unable to wage an effective war — with these words:
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
I can't help but hope those in Washington who have pushed through Obamacare will one day look back and see all they really accomplished was to awaken a "sleeping giant" that will bring their demise.
For the full column, see Page 5A of this week's Citizen.
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Tom Bonnette is a staff writer at The Franklin Sun in Winnsboro, a sister newspaper of The Ouachita Citizen. |
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