Barry Goldwater Quotes
Before they got through with this thing, everybody got in the act.... They ordered over 7,000 medals to be awarded for an action that probably would have required 1,200 or 1,500 people.
Referring to the U.S. invasion of Grenada:. Goldwater was not quite accurate. In actuality the Pentagon awarded 28,675 medals.
Barry Goldwater, 1909-1998, U. S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Republican Nominee for President, Quoted on PBS, The Power Game, January 2, 1989
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Yoder was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Two Purple Hearts in World War II
A port of Cuba during the Spanish American War. Congress voted the resolution and the medals were awarded. The significance of this event was that the crew included two Black men, Steward Savage and Cook Moses Jones, were also awarded the medals. While under fire, at their own initiative, the two manned an unprotected gun on deck of the ship and added to the firepower of the effort. The Captain specifically asked that they be included in the heroism award. Stewards and cooks were the only positions allowed to Blacks at the time. See {604418}
In contrast to the American army, there was no conscription in Canada. Note the quaint Canadian euphemism, "invited."
In modern times we associate this philosophy of death with certain Muslim groups and jihad, but it has existed at many times such as the 4th century Europeans of the steppes and later the Vikings.
Lincoln was opposing the Mexican War.
The Shakers were an American religion and pacifists Lincoln learned. He was so impressed with their sincerity and way of life that he exempted Shaker men from the draft—the first conscientious objectors formally recognized in America. However, Lincoln made the statement to the Shakers which greatly impressed them and caused much reflection. Quakers had been pacifists also, but until the Civil War Draft there was no mechanism to test.
This is not the most common view military view which tends to place the senior officers out of harm’s way as they are “too valuable” to become casualties. Among modern armies, Israel stands out as having the same leadership doctrine as Genghis Khan. Those who attack Israel and lose, never have their commanders at the front of the battle. Israel does.
Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician, statesman, businessman, United States Air Force officer, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, many political pundits and historians believe he laid the foundation for the conservative revolution to follow, as the grassroots organization and conservative takeover of the Republican party began a long-term realignment in American politics helped to bring about the "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement.
