Aboard the U.S.S. New Mexico.
| There's a pro-forma premature mourning for the coming global warming catastrophe, but Mr. Friedman of the New York Times ends beautifully with |
“Whenever you board this submarine in port, that American flag is flying and you salute that flag,” said junior officer Jeremy Ball, 27. “And every time I salute that flag, I remember the reason I joined the Navy: service to country, being part of something bigger than myself and in memory for the attacks of 9/11.”
Remind me again what weÂ’re doing in Washington these days to deserve such young people? |