My grandfather was a reluctant sailor conscripted toward the end of the Second World War to serve in the Pacific theater. Ironic. Pacific: from the Latin, "peaceful". I wonder how many enlisted men, like him, realized this profound paradox. Two western peaces imposed on an eastern sea. There was plenty of infamy to spread around. Mr. Roosevelt knew it. Agitprop at its finest.
Old Zionsville, Pennsylvania, USA
15 October 2009
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