[Rhodes22-list] Sappy Comment on D-Day

[stan]

can't resist:

"Sappy"?  depends on which war and for what and how run.  I played myself in 
WW2, son of Harold Spitzer, WW1. But, at the risk of beating a dead issue, 
if a war is worth starting it has to be worth winning and that means the 
home front musts be willing to forget the "guns and butter" approach.  Most 
of these kids who joined the National Guard under disingenuous implications, 
have not given their lives for this one - their lives have been taken. 
Don't get mad at me until you can truthfully say that you are willing to 
give your life to get of rid Sadam.

back to butter and sailboats.

stan/ec
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Metzler" <eyeballs at maxinter.net>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Sappy Comment on D-Day


> Thanks Brad, not sappy at all.  I, too remember each year and am thankful
> for the sacrifice of so many of our men.
> Mark Metzler - son of T Sgt. Louis Metzler - B-29 gunner
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Date: 06/06/05 18:19:53
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sappy Comment on D-Day
>
> Perhaps you've forgotten, 61 years ago today, a lot of
> young American boys stormed and died taking the
> beaches of Normandy. Before that, a horrible number
> of boys, American and British, died taking control of
> the coast of North Africa. We fought the Vichy French
> for three days, and they mentally masturbated for the
> next week deciding whose side they were on. The
> French surrendered (was there some doubt) and the
> Vichy commanders eventually joined the Free French,
> with the sacrifice of our good men, and took France
> back from the Germans. Note: if you disagree with
> this assessment, REALLY do your homework and get back
> to me. We could have sat out the whole war - Charles
> Lindbergh suggested that course (America First). We
> could have spared ourselves a whole lot of trouble -
> the hundreds of thousands dead, creating Israel and
> the downstream confrontation and defense, the Cold
> War, and our current war against tyranny.
>
> We didn't. The boys who charged the beaches 61 years
> ago and died on that beach didn't dream of being a
> part of a world power (the US Army was the 16th
> largest military, right behind Romania at the start of
> the war). They didn't dream of being a big shot in a
> world government. They wanted to go home to their
> farms and jobs in Iowa, Minnesota, California, etc.,
> and live their life in peace. They're mostly gone
> now. Let's hope we have even a small part of their
> courage and perseverance.
>
> It would be remiss of us to not remember them on this
> day.
>
> Brad Haslett
> (Proud son of a "Red Ball Express" soldier)
>
>
>
>
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