General Dwight Eisenhower was once called upon to address a graduating class at an Ivy League university. "Your business," he declared, "is to put me out of business."
[Ironically, Eisenhower, the first five-star general in American history, was raised by pacifists.]
[As recently as 1980, the tiny European principality of Andorra allocated its entire national defense budget to blanks (hollow bullets) -- for use in ceremonial salutes to foreign dignitaries. The official budget? $5. Lichtenstein, the last surviving monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire, has not had an army since 1868.]
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J. Gunther, Procession
