tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5279782375640213366..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: The whites of their eyes...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3968097849965997742008-06-20T17:29:00.000-04:002008-06-20T17:29:00.000-04:00C'mon Tam, you know that it isn't sporting to call...C'mon Tam, you know that it isn't sporting to call them "unlawful combatants", we have to call them "militants"<BR/><BR/>Just like CNN preaches in accordance with the prophecy of the Obamessia.SordidPandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657526230826604643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32409347025696371392008-06-17T13:51:00.000-04:002008-06-17T13:51:00.000-04:00A pretty accurate account, it's one of the Royal W...A pretty accurate account, it's one of the Royal Welch Fusiliers' proudest battle honours.<BR/><BR/>You left out the fact that the insurgents were armed with illegal weapons, and that some of them had already killed soldiers sent to disarm them earlier.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62501839659436316412008-06-17T09:13:00.000-04:002008-06-17T09:13:00.000-04:00The Brits shoulda learned from April 19, 1775. Lor...The Brits shoulda learned from April 19, 1775. Lord Hugh Percy said, "Whoever looks on them as an irregular mob, will find himself very much mistaken. They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about..."<BR/>- Fischer, David H. 1994. <I>Paul Revere's Ride</I> NY & Oxford: Oxford University Press.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.com