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Brian Kirwin

The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.

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2 Responses to "D-Day"

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   John Hart June 6, 2008 08:36 am

   Very well said Brian (and President Reagan of course)

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   J.R. June 6, 2008 09:04 am

   War and politics are inextricably linked, and while we remember the sacrifices of those who put down tyranny in a previous generation, we have to remember that tyranny is still just around the corner.

   Thomas Sowell reminds us of that in his latest column, and, today, is a good day to remember it.

   Just as the Nazis did not find it enough to simply kill people in their concentration camps, but had to humiliate and dehumanize them first, so we can expect terrorists with nuclear weapons to both humiliate us and force us to humiliate ourselves, before they finally start killing us.

   They have already telegraphed their punches with their sadistic beheadings of innocent civilians….

   They have already telegraphed their intention to dictate to us….

   The terrorists have given us as clear a picture of what they are all about as Adolf Hitler and the Nazis did during the 1930s– and our “leaders” and intelligentsia have ignored the warning signs as resolutely as the “leaders” and intelligentsia of the 1930s downplayed the dangers of Hitler.

   As we remember D-day, let’s not forget that the world remains a very dangerous place…one that still has the specter of the atom bomb.