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Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon said it about the soldiers they commanded in Vietnam. The two presidents did not want any fallen soldier in Southeast Asia to die in vain.<\/p>\n
Over the past decade of American involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan, and a variety of other Muslim countries, Presidents Bush and Obama have similarly said that every fallen soldier was valiantly serving his or her nation and had not died in vain.<\/p>\n
It may not be politically correct to ask it, but when does a soldier die in vain? I will not pretend to have a definitive answer but some situations are rather clear.<\/p>\n
1. If a soldier dies following the conclusion of a war, that certainly is in vain. It has happened repeatedly in American history, perhaps most egregiously following the War of 1812 and the Civil War.<\/p>\n
2. It could be argued that if a soldier dies due to friendly fire, it would be in vain. We must keep in mind that frequently there are uncertainties in alleged cases of friendly fire.<\/p>\n
But the focus of the assertion that \u201cwe do not want those who have fought so valiantly to have died in vain\u201d is that the United States should not bring a war to an expeditious end because it would devalue the sacrifice of the soldiers who, to use Lincoln\u2019s term in the Gettysburg Address, \u201cgave the last full measure of devotion.\u201d Lincoln went on to say, \u201cthat we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lincoln gave his speech as two regions of the United States struggled to define what America meant. Our experiment with democracy had unfinished business, namely whether it was the states or the federal government who had primary powers in this unique system of federalism.<\/p>\n
When the Civil War came to an end, it meant that the fighting ended, but the issues were not settled. They continue to this very day.<\/p>\n