All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history of armed combat such affairs as the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars must be ranked, not as wars at all, but as organized assassinations. In the two World Wars, no American faced a bullet until his adversaries had been worn down by years of fighting others.
H. L. MenckenWhenever a reporter is assigned to cover a Methodist conference, he comes home an atheist.
H. L. MenckenWhen a woman says she won't, it's a good sign that she will. And when she says she will, it is an even better sign.
H. L. Mencken