The presidential hopefuls are trying to get a fix on the views of voters who want to protect American interests, but are wary of becoming mired in another overseas ground war.
Indeed, history suggests that the 101st, which specializes in riding to battle in Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters, escorted by sleek Apache gunships, will be among the first to go overseas if ground troops are needed for the United States war on terrorism.
Moonraker played on fears of the audiences of the 1950s of rocket attacks from overseas, fears grounded in the use of the V-2 rocket by the Nazis during World War II.
Despite the event's sponsorship by the NRA, the host maintains the rally will be a "non-political" event, meant to honor American troops overseas and grounded in the nonpartisan themes of "faith, hope, and charity".
Now it wants to make up lost ground overseas.
"Our over-riding priority remains the welfare of our customers and to that end, Virgin Holidays is working round the clock, both on the ground overseas and here in the UK, to ensure our customers are kept as well informed and comfortable as possible.
Breaking new ground overseas is nice, but it doesn't address a lingering problem at home: the company's freewheeling, take-no-responsibility m.o. that allowed the bribery scandal and price-fixing shenanigans to take root and fester.
The movie could also make up some ground overseas, where it grossed $17.5 million from just four foreign countries this weekend.
The U.S. electorate may well be anti-war, in the sense of not wanting U.S. boots on the ground overseas.
