SVC has challenged the contributors to NWBloggers to nominate our critter/person/entity/group/thing that impacted history the most in 2006…

After a great deal of thought, and with the criteria of Impacted History foremost in my mind, I don’t believe that there can be any doubt that the Person/Group that most impacted history in 2006 was the Islamic Terrorist.

These fanatics have, just this year;

1. Kept the most powerful nation on earth tied down in a war of attrition.

2. Harassed and murdered civilians from numerous countries, almost with impunity.

3. Contributed strongly to the recent electoral defeat of the Republicans in the House and Senate, with repercussions for the next two years, if not more…

4. Cost average travelers literally millions of extra lost hours due to ever increasing restrictions on travel paperwork, and even how bags are packed.

I can’t imagine a person or group that has had more impact on the world, and history in 2006.

Now, if I am just looking for a Person or Group that deserves the honor of being the most worthy for praise - most necessary to freedom and liberty, most self sacrificing, most under appreciated - there can also be no doubt that it is the Military Man/Woman: Be they Grunts, Wing-nuts, Squids, Jarheads, Ground-Pounders, Leathernecks, Fly boys, Swabbies, whatever.

What we have built would not have been possible without them, and would not last if they were not there, on the wall, to protect us.

To Celebrate the New Year, the American Empire is MOVING!

Starting today, all new posts will be found here, at www.paxamerica.com, the new home of the American Empire.

This previous blog will remain online for the forseeable future, as an archive site, if nothing else.

Thanks for helping make 2006 great, and see you in 2007!