Veterans/Armistice Day

War is an intelligence test, and we keep flunking.

Other people saying more eloquent things:

• Group News Blog (Evan Robinson):

  At least be conscious that there are nearly 20 million Americans who signed up to go into harms way for the rest of us. Try to be worthy of that.

• filkerdave:

  On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the guns fell silent.
  
  Thank you to all who served.

  Note the first comment.
  
• Vagabond Scholar (Batocchio) has a Walt Kelly quote and a list of links.
  
• Rolling Around In My Head (Dave Hingsburger):

  I'm glad my poppy is on my hat.
  
  I'm glad that some people will think it's 'gay'.
  
  Because gay people fought and died, gay people still fight and still die, in defence of their country, in defence of the freedom. Gay people fought in the First and Second World Wars. Gay people fought for countries that would jail them for who they were. Gay people fought for the ideal of freedom when freedom was denied to them in their home countries.

• Dr. Grumpy on the Navajo code talkers (warning for torture).
• ETA: Driftglass, making a point about the current war(s) via an excerpt from General Daniel P. Bolger in the New York Times.