Have I made it clear how much I love IVAW?\u00a0 Seriously, they could write that the sky was blue, and I would contact 3 meteorologists and an astronomer.<\/p>\n
Luckily, they are usually so retarded I don’t even need to look.\u00a0 They are about to have a Winter Soldier: Germany.\u00a0 And, look what it says there:<\/a><\/p>\n The words \u201cWinter Soldier\u201d were inspired by Thomas Paine in Valley Forge at a time when America was a revolutionary country, a revolutionary concept, and the soldiers of the revolution were freezing and starving outside of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are the times that try men\u2019s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Um. Yeah. Couple problems there history buff. “Winter Soldier” comes from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense*, written in January, 1776<\/a>. America you may recall would not declare her independance for another 6 months. If Thomas Paine wrote it from Valley Forge, he was pretty damn lonely, since the Continental troops wouldn’t be there for another 2 years<\/a>. Also, if there were any troops starving and freezing outside Philly, it was likely because they pulled an IVAW, since at the time the Continental Army was invading Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n *Update, amazingly, ArmySergeant corrected me.\u00a0 This was from “Crisis” which still doesn’t fix the larger issue\u00a0since this was written in Dec of 1776,\u00a0(still a year early) and teh army was at that time was IN Philly.\u00a0 (2x correction).\u00a0 However, kudos to Ms AS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"