Posted on 05/30/2022 4:06:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber
I wish we had leaders who unflinchingly defended the Bill of Rights. I wish we had a Congress that respected the constitutional limits of its enumerated powers. I wish we weren't saddled with a century of errant Supreme Court jurisprudence that has habitually refashioned the plain meaning of the Constitution's words in service to the partisan bents of its members.
I wish the 16th Amendment hadn't made it permissible for the federal government to tax the fruits of Americans' labor. I wish the 17th Amendment hadn't transformed the Senate from a legislative body representing the individual states' interests into a national House of Lords representing the national security state's interests. I wish our fifty state governments fought ferociously against the federal government to protect their inherently sovereign powers.
I wish the American people understood more broadly that the federal government has slowly but surely stolen from them rights and liberties that were once strictly protected from government infringement. I wish we were not represented by presidents who disloyally insist on ceding American self-determination to international governing bodies stocked with unelected bureaucrats who believe their "expertise" outweighs Americans' priorities.
I wish it weren't so easy for government propaganda, censorship campaigns, misrepresentations of U.S. history, and cynical identity politics to create extraordinary popular delusions that prove persistently the madness of crowds. I wish that before every new law written, every new regulation levied, every new judicial reimagining of the Constitution's expressed meaning, and every new executive order imposed, the people choosing to wield power over everyone else would stop to ponder whether they honor or betray the memories of every soldier, sailor, airman, Coastie, or Marine who ever "gave the last full measure of devotion" so "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish...
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In memory of all US servicemen who gave all.
Amen, bro.
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; June 6th, 1944- Into the Jaws of Death
Tom Jensen, sergeant with the 626th Engineer Light Equipment Company, told the Chicago Tribune that many of the men he served with had no idea where they were going on that day:
They didn't tell us anything we didn't need to know. Heck, some of the guys on our ship thought we were headed to Japan, not Normandy. Just months earlier, we were either in high school or working odd jobs.
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Our government does not care about the sacrifices made. All they are interested in is increasing their power and their wealth- and they are perfectly willing to sacrifice our loved ones to ensure this happens.
Those pill boxes should have been relentlessly bombed for 24-36 hours. Napalm, the works.
Amen
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God such men lived."
Ping
I find that difficult to believe. Every unit in each battalion has an objective. Whether it’s clearing mines, clearing an exit, taking a position, or moving in land from the beach. All commanding officers have maps, intelligence, and objectives as do junior officers. This information is passed down to the individual man before disembarking into a landing craft.
I call BS.
And give away the landing zone. Brilliant bumpkin.
They didn’t tell us anything we didn’t need to know.
I remember a marine talking about training for Iwo Jima. All they knew was up the beach and to the left. When they got there and to the left was Suribachi and they understood their training.
My FIL was issued winter clothing and put on a ship headed for Europe...then once out to sea, they were informed they were heading to Philippines. So, the stories of not being told details rings true to me.
Like air recon couldn’t see an armada of ships.
And it depends upon how much German armor could have been moved in that period.
And submarine recon, too.
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