I know some of you dropped off comments and sent me emails about Mrs. Thatcher’s passing. I wasn’t ignoring it, really, I wasn’t. I was just a little bit in shock. The first thing I thought of was how Argentina would press for their Malvina Islands back now that there’s no one to stand in their way. I feel fortunate that I was alive and in the military while Ronald Reagan was at our helm and Mrs. Thatcher had our back, and sometimes it went the other way around, like during the Falklands battle.<\/p>\n
Together we were invincible, we brought down the Soviet Union without firing a shot, for Pete’s sake. I can’t even begin to explain how it felt to be a soldier in those days when our two nations merged under those real leaders.<\/p>\n
Our buddy, Aunty Brat<\/a>, does a much better job at eulogizing her and recounting some of her accomplishments and trials, though. Twitchy tells us how Twitter mourned<\/a> and how Twitter acted the fool<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"