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Entry: Militarism and Conservatism: Can this Marriage be Saved? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/militarism_and_conservatism_can_this_marriage_be_saved#18128 Post contents: Mr. Earley's comments reminded me of a story in William Manchester's "Goodbye Darkness." When Manchester's war-crippled father introduced his Southern belle bride to his father, she commented to papa Manchester that his ancestors must have fought hers in the civil war. Mistaking her observation for an insult, papa M replied that the Manchesters had hired substitutes (i.r., they weren't the lumpen who did the fighting). Sent at: 2008 10 07