"There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of us. <span>We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long.</span><span>"
This indicates that the main argument is that wars are a bad thing for humanity.</span>
B. For an uncertain amount of time
( I'm sorry I'm assuming) People are trapped in history is the person's good/bad memories and will always remind themselves of things they did in the past, and history is trapped in them is sort of like you're a part of the history and you can't change the fact that you're in it. Again I'm sorry if this is not correct.
The answer is D: thought shot. A <em>tought shot</em> is used to create meaning in a writing, by <em>allowing the reader to have a perception of the character's or author's p</em><em>erspective, feeling or thought about a situation</em>. It can be in the form of a question or a statement about something. In the excerpt the speaker's opinion is in the line <em>"I should prefer to have some boy bend them".</em>