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Wednesday, September 25, 2002
 
The Common Defense

Via InstaPundit, here is a good story on the nature of defense. Should the defense of our homeland be distributed among the populace or concentrated in the Pentagon? The article looks at the question in light of American Airlines Flight 77 that hit the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. I learned a few new bits about the final moments of Flight 93 that I had not heard previously. I was also pleasantly surprised to see a pro- Second Amendment arguement folded into the piece. Glenn made a big point about this type of piece appearing in the Boston Globe. That's a lot less interesting to me than the actual quality of the article.