He listened to the empty Cold War rhetoric for a while, then said to her, in a weary voice, "It's like watching a soccer match".
This fall, the Republican Party is going to be running on the Empty Places war cry, and it's ironic that Mitt Romney's supposed to be the one to lead the charge.
Before the last "pocket of resistance" was emptied, the war in Iraq was said by some to vindicate all the theorising in the Pentagon about a new kind of warfare.
Triggered by the minor success, I careened into the bathroom to empty my war-torn gut into the toilet, headfirst.
The famous cantina in Mos Eisley has been recreated in games countless times, but to my mind it has always paled in comparison to the cinematic equivalent it's often empty (Star Wars Galaxies) or just obnoxiously blocky (LEGO Star Wars).
The imperial coffers were empty, too: the war had nearly doubled Britain's debt.
But five days after Ethiopia mounted an offensive, the trenches are empty and the war has shifted firmly into Eritrean territory.
"A huge number of Vietnam guys lived relatively normal lives and are now retiring — the background noise in their life — kids, jobs — is receding, and in the silence and empty space the war has come roaring back," he said.
Dailey keeps his rifle stocks in an old Coca-Cola warehouse filled to the rafters with the remainders of war — empty bandoleers, rifle slings, rifle butt plates, rifle brushes, rifle grease.
