Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower
Originally Posted by Horatio Hornblower
Resist the war-mongers and military industrial complex parade.
Look forward to next years debate.......
Interesting article put out by Stars and Stripes:
US military and civilians are increasingly divided - U.S. - Stripes
Ronald Maximus
Remarks at Memorial Day Ceremonies Honoring an Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Conflict - 5/28/84
BM, why are you so desperate to derail this thread in any way you can think of?
First it was all jingoistic chest-thumping, then Chris Kyle, then slagging off Obama and now posting clips of Reagan after saying you thought the topic shouldn't be politicised.
Bowie posts about how nice it is back in the USA, what nice things he did for some old vets on the day and the fact that it's a cheery thread seems to have driven you over the brink.
Sorry that the sky hasn't fallen in yet but get over it.
bibo ergo sum
If you hear the thunder be happy - the lightening missed.
This time.
The thread is about Memorial Day. What's your problem with that?
American Military Cemetery at Luxembourg. July 4th, 2010
If ever proof were needed that we fought for a cause and not for conquest it could be found in these cemeteries. Here was our only conquest. All we asked...was enough...soil in which to bury our gallant dead
-- General Mark W. Clark.
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
A Deplorable Bitter Clinger
"Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to". (A Few Good Men)
I may agree with your position on wars and those who commit troops to them, but when it comes to the troops themselves we're on different planets.
Be you Raving Liberal or Vast Right-Wing Conspirator, this time is not about you. Or about me.
It's About Them:
Flags-In: Memorial Day 2004 At Arlington National Cemetery
Americans Gave Their Lives To Defeat The Nazis. The Dutch Have Never Forgotten…
They haven’t forgotten. For 70 years, the Dutch have come to a verdant U.S. cemetery outside this small village to care for the graves of Americans killed in World War II.
On Sunday, they came again, bearing Memorial Day bouquets for men and women they never knew, but whose 8,300 headstones the people of the Netherlands have adopted as their own.
For the American relatives of the fallen, it was an outpouring of gratitude almost as stunning as the rows of white marble crosses and Jewish Stars of David at the Netherlands American Cemetery. Each grave has been adopted by a Dutch or, in some cases, Belgian or German family, as well as local schools, companies and military organizations. More than 100 people are on a waiting list to become caretakers.
At the cemetery’s annual commemoration, 6,000 people poured onto the 65-acre burial grounds just a few miles from the German border, including scores of descendants of American war dead who had traveled here from all over the United States. They were eager to pay tribute to parents or grandparents who had died to defeat the Nazis. But they also wanted to thank the Dutch families who had been tending the graves of their loved ones, often passing the responsibility from one generation to the next.
For Arthur Chotin, 70, who had come from Annapolis, Md., to finally meet the couple caring for his father’s resting place, the devotion of the Dutch was a source of awe.
“What would cause a nation recovering from losses and trauma of their own to adopt the sons and daughters of another nation?” asked Chotin, the only American descendant to speak on Sunday. “And what would keep that commitment alive for all of these years, when the memory of that war has begun to fade? It is a unique occurrence in the history of civilization."
Americans gave their lives to defeat the Nazis. The Dutch have never forgotten. - The Washington Post
Just more jingoistic chest-thumping we suppose?
Littlest ‘Marine’ Visits Resting Place Of His Dad
He’s wearing the full formal Dress Blue uniform of a Marine Corps sergeant, and he has medals for service in Iraq and Afghanistan pinned to his chest.
But Christian Jacobs is not a Marine. He’s just four years old, standing at the grave of his father, Sgt Christopher James Jacob, on the day when America remembers its fallen heroes.
Christian Jacobs and his mother, Brittany Jacobs, visited the grave of Sgt Christopher James Jacobs, who served one tour in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
For Memorial Day Commemorations, they came bearing flowers, cards and photographs, and Christian had lain on the ground next to his father’s tombstone, at section 60 of the cemetery.
‘I hope for you to come back soon, daddy. And I love you and hope for you to be here. I know you will be here and I love you. And he is always watching over me and makes sure – he’s proud of me, daddy. And I love you daddy,’ Christian said."
Daily Mail:
Watched Obomba's speech from last year, and it was sickening to listen to so much shit about how the threat of WW1/2 on Americans lives, and the constant references to all the other wars and the threats to Americans, and how these countries have never had democratic systems in place.
What they got now in many places. ANARCHY, there worse off now than they were, due to the Alliances axis of evil.
May all your Vets be at peace, though hope your country rises up to the evils of your govt.
Nothing at all, but then again I'm not the one trying to derail the thread by throwing everything at the wall and hoping something sticks now am I? I made a quiet effort to get it back on track by quoting one of bowie's earlier posts but it seems nothing will stop your mawkish desire to post cartoons and artfully staged photo-ops as you steamroll your way through.Originally Posted by Boon Mee
The more pertinent question is what is YOUR problem with it? Have you run out of fridge magnets and yellow ribbons with which to proclaim your unyielding patriotism and support for the troops except when a black Democrat is CiC?
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