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Slogans of War
My favorite, though, is another 2007 coinage, and perhaps it shows how much the military has learned on the job. "Iraq is like playing three-dimensional chess in the dark." A common variant adds "while being shot at." Sometimes there's a beat, followed by "That would be easy compared to this war." At first it seemed like an individual general's well-turned phrase, until we heard it from a couple of other generals, and then "3-D chess" started showing up on right-wing blogs, which perhaps only goes to show that great minds (and small ones) think alike.
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Posted By: The_epoch_point @ 05/27/2008 9:12:36 AM
Comment: Wisconsin's unique landmarks once again find themselves in the pages of the latest novel to be presented to readers of history, thrillers and religion in a work that combines all three genres into an adventurous global conspiracy.
The Epoch Point, just released on May 1 and written by Wisconsin native Spencer Zimmerman, is a fictional novel that includes historical facts, certain to intrigue history buffs who are interested in history from the local to the international level, especially as that history thrillingly plays out into what Zimmerman describes as a worldwide "conflict between God and the devil, good and evil."
According to the book's synopsis, the lead character, Robert Davis, is "a young Airman fresh out of Air Force basic training," reflective of Zimmerman's own recent service in the Air Force. "After being held captive in China, (Davis) suddenly finds himself unraveling the most immense conspiracy in history...soon uncovering hidden facts suggesting Russian and Iraqi involvement...discovering the diary of Lee Harvey Oswald...As the clues surface, an evil emerges powerful enough to rewrite the entire history of humanity...before long the conspiracy takes on a supernatural form, marked by [natural disasters] and the wrath of God...Nothing [prepares] (Davis) for the final suspenseful twist the story takes, a da Vinci style revelation that reaffirms his belief in Christ."
The book's chapters are titled after the sixty-six books of the Bible, and the plot progresses as Davis reads through each chapter of the Bible, opening the Bible for the first time in chapter one of The Epoch Point. Each chapter follows a "flashback" style in structure, in which the book's characters experience revelations of historical events and experiences from 4000 B.C. to the present, which allow them to observe how those events contributed to the global conspiracy they are presently confronting. Zimmerman states that the book's events begin on New Year's Eve of 2000, and end on Christmas of 2006.
While writing novels remains at present a hobby for Zimmerman, he already has ideas for a second novel that he anticipates will follow a more scientific fiction path. The Epoch Point is currently available through Amazon.com, and Zimmerman is hoping to get copies of the book into some of Lake Mills's downtown novelty shops.
Posted By: kroggy @ 02/04/2008 2:49:50 PM
Comment: the last but one comment has been removed...why?
Posted By: kroggy @ 01/17/2008 12:46:56 PM
Comment: And at what point was Al Qeada mentioned when the invasion of Iraq took place?
The whole idea was to remove the tyrant Saddam Hussain and his so called elected Government under the banner of ???weapons of mass destruction??? so please get YOUR facts right.
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" The brothers and sisters, husbands and wives you speak of, are there because they believe it's worth it! "
I'm sorry but when you volunteer to join the forces, YOU are TOLD where you are serving...they don't ask you if you would 'like' to serve at such a place.
And yes I am a former member of the armed forces, and YES I did volunteer to serve my country (UK). However I did not sign up to invade a foreign country under false pretenses, I believe that we should protect our own country first ??? so before you mouth off, can you please tell why you are not over there supporting the cause?
And YES, I feel sorry for all the armed forces out there struggling on a daily basis against terrorist. Our soldiers wear a uniform to enable the opposing soldiers to distinguish between them and civilians ??? that is what happens in wars. The troops in Iraq are not as lucky, the terrorist hide as civilians, even killing their own using bombs and booby traps, this ???war??? is not going to go away for sometime.