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(MURFREESBORO) Life is not forever, but memories can be longer. We're talking about the old, giant sycamore tree on the southeast side of the historic Rutherford County courthouse.
County Mayor Joe Carr shared some unexpected news on WGNS.
What Is History? - During the depression, that giant sycamore saw the man who called himself "The Human Fly" as he gathered only $13 from a crowd to climb to the top of that courthouse. Once on the top, it started to rain, and he slipp .
At stake in the clash over Taiwan is not only control of the South China Sea, but also control of what Nicholas Spykman called the “Asiatic Mediterranean” and its islands and littorals. The outcome may determine whether this region of the western Pacific remains a vital international maritime artery or becomes China’s Caribbean Sea. To put it in classical geopolitical terms: Who controls the South China Sea commands the Asiatic Mediterranean; who commands the Asiatic Mediterranean controls Asia; and who controls Asia commands the destinies of the world.
At stake in the clash over Taiwan is not only control of the South China Sea, but also control of what Nicholas Spykman called the “Asiatic Mediterranean” and its islands and littorals.
If ever there was a melding together of the man and the message, this was it. Perhaps the greatest general in American history, standing before a significant portion of the future officer corps for the U.S. Army in the coming generation, delivered a message none of them would ever forget.