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Should we be at war in yemen . Should we be at war in iraq, syria, afghanistan . President obama ran on ending the wars and yet he ended up taking the war and Bombing Campaign to seven countries without authorization. Intriguing the left was relentless in criticizing george bush and yet george bush did come to congress. We had a vote to go after those who attacked us on 9 11. We had an ill Fought Campaign of the iraq war and voted on. But we havent voted in a generation. Should one generation be able to bind another generation . Realize if we dont force these authorizations to expire, this war could go on forever. You know, this is 1984. This is George Orwell saying oash anna has always oash anna has always been at war with asia and then saying oash anna has always been at war with your asia because no one is stepping up to say no. Thats what congress is supposed to do. We are supposed to be a voice that debates and says should we go to war. Its part of doing our job but the only way t
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Conversations] [applause] from the colby military writers symposium Michael Beckerman describes the change in american sentiment during the two years of the sinking of the loose in the in 1915 and the u. S. Joining world war i. Lets get started with the next presentation, folks. I teach military history here and i am very happy today to introduce my friend Michael Neilberg who is professor of history and the inaugural chair and war studies at the u. S. Army war college. Before that, he taught at the air force academy and then at university of southern mississippi. He writes widely on both world wars. He is recipient of numerous prizes and honors for his work such as the tomleson prize for the best english language booshgs in world war i, a book on the second battle of the mar, and the choice outstanding academic title award for fighting great war or american history. He has edited a number of important collections like arms of the man, reference works like the atlas of world war i and
To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tide of the years long global war bringing it to a close on november 11, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours and well take you on a tour of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the