The rest of the story.On June 23, Disney/AMC radio personality Paul Harvey <noinclude></noinclude>
Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. bemoaned the decline of American wartime aggression. He said, "We didn't come this far because we're made of sugar candy. Once upon a time, we elbowed our way onto and across this continent by giving smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans. That was biological warfare biological warfare, employment in war of microorganisms to injure or destroy people, animals, or crops; also called germ or bacteriological warfare. Limited attempts have been made in the past to spread disease among the enemy; e.g. . And we used every other weapon we could get our hands on to grab this land from whomever whom·ev·er pron. The objective case of whoever. See Usage Note at who. whomever pron the objective form of whoever: . And we grew prosperous. And yes, we greased the skids with the sweat of slaves. So it goes with most great nation-states, which--feeling guilty about their savage pasts--eventually civilize civ·i·lize tr.v. civ·i·lized, civ·i·liz·ing, civ·i·liz·es 1. To raise from barbarism to an enlightened stage of development; bring out of a primitive or savage state. 2. themselves out of business and wind up invaded and ultimately dominated by the lean, hungry, up-and-coming who are not made of sugar candy." |
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