August 10

1920 - The Treaty of San Sevres was signed - formally ending WWI between the Allies and Turks.

The terms of this treaty have been disputed, violated, and overlooked by most of the principles involved, because the Ottoman Empire didn’t last long enough to put it into effect...The 'Young Turks,' led by Kemal Ataturk, had other ideas after taking over the Turkish government and simply refused to accept the treaty.

The results of this treaty, its uselessness, and the fact it left the Middle East without a Muslim hegemon (the Brits and French were never seen as legitimate - nor are Americans in our time) have been some of the many reasons why the Treaty of San Sevres has been called 'The Peace To End All Peace.'

70 - The Jewish Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans.

The ancient Jewish state and nation ended with this event, which marks the beginning of the 1900-year Diaspora.

1776 - A committee of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt "E pluribus unum" as the motto for its Great Seal.

A brilliant motto – “Out of Many, One” – and a perfect concept to found the new country on...Sadly, Liberals have debased this motto, and changed its definition to 'Out of Many, MANY.'

1831 - The Nat Turner slave rebellion occurred.

This was the largest slave uprising in pre-Civil War America, and was brutally put down, resulting in the killing and beating of hundreds of slaves and clamping down on security measures against future revolts.

1921 - Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello.

It’s amazing most Americans didn’t know FDR had polio, and doubtful he could be elected in modern times with such a disease due to the negative media coverage he’d receive from it.

1942 – General Bernard Montgomery assumed command of the British Eighth Army, in North Africa:  WWII.

Monty was a good commander, and the first Western Allied leader in any position to hand the Nazis a significant loss of any kind...That said, he was timid in the field and a pain in the ass in the office.

But, there’s no doubt he was the best British field commander in WWII.  It's also true the Nazis never won another significant battle in the West after Monty took command of the 8th  - a fact which was helped by the timing of the U.S. entry into the war in earnest.

1945 - Japan announced its willingness to surrender to the Allies, provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged:  WWII.

The terms of surrender stipulated “unconditional surrender,” and the Japanese were unwilling to do away with the emperor. So...

1945 - The U.S. Third Fleet aircraft raided northern Honshu and Hokkaido:  WWII.

The Japanese refused to surrender, so the war went on and the Americans started preparation for the impending invasion of Japan Proper...Had the Japanese not quickly surrendered all of Japan would have been destroyed.

1988 - President Reagan signed a bill awarding $20,000 to each survivor of the Japanese-American internment.

There's no denying Japanese internment wasn’t America’s kindest event, but it was probably a proper decision.

Unfortunately, we’ll probably need to have another internment in the future:  A Muslim internment...To protect them from themselves.

1991 - China agreed in principle to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Agreeing and doing are two different things.

1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Can you say 'FAR LEFT?'

Just a reminder: Ruthie served as the ACLU's General Counsel from 1973-1980, and on the National Board of Directors from 1974-1980...That's as far Left as they come.

1995 - Norma McCorvey, 'Jane Roe' of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.

I’m sure 'Roe' had no idea abortions would go from being 'SAFE, LEGAL and RARE' to leading to the death of one out of every four American pregnancies.

I’m against abortion, but I’m a realist, not an absolutist.

The sooner both sides come to an agreement that our current argument is out of control the better...Put the 'RARE' back into the equation, and most will be placated, but abortion shouldn’t be a form of after-the-fact birth control - which is simply fetal murder.