“Thankfully we dropped two non-hateful atomic weapons on Japan to end their war so your father lived.”
YES. That is what my Dad firmly this believed. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corp. He became hospitalized & believed that is one reason he survived because many pilots didn’t. He also was dropped behind enemy lines to locate the enemy & use Morse code to reveal to the U.S. pilots where to bomb.
My parents were a brand-new married couple. My Mom said she hated the Japanese because they stole 4 years of their lives together. She also shared how German POW’s were taken to the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit. She was very angry when she told me how loose slutty American women would line up at the fence to flirt with these POW’S while American soldiers were fighting & dying overseas. She was probably more angry because my Dad was in the hospital. I do understand how they both felt. But, this is all history now so I probably shouldn’t have shared.
Regarding elections:
My Dad would stand in a long line that stretched out the door of the polling station into the sidewalk & down the street in the sleet, snow & ice of winter cold after working 12 hours. I remember one time my Mom worried about him. But, he said not voting was like peeing on a soldier’s grave that died do we had the right because the soldier that died couldn’t vote.
BTW, one time we were walking about 2 city blocks to get milk at the store [no car]. Somehow he learned that I was getting picked-on in Jr. High during election time with some mocking & walking on the heel-backs of my shoes in the hallway lines for voting Republican. We were required to reveal which candidate we supported during a student ‘election’ in Social Studies class.
He told me he understood what it was like for me. He told me the the AFL/CIO union would call them in at work to ask how they were going to vote.
My father was a very committed Christian. I knew he valued truth & honesty. I asked him what did he do? Did he lie?
He was quiet for a while we walked.
Then he said, he had a family to feed. And, he believed in the sanctity of the secret ballot. So, he said he would tell them what they wanted to hear & God would understand because he had to answer under duress. [That is how & when I learned the meaning of duress!]
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15 May: No Antidote. STORM SHADOW MISSILE DESTROYS ANOTHER RUSSIAN BASE | War in Ukraine Explained
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5-15-2023 2:30 p.m. EDT
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and forty sixth day of the war.
Day 446: May 15
The day started with yet another Storm Shadow precision strike on the Russian military objects in Luhansk. The target of today’s precision strike became a dormitory on the territory of the former aviation academy, meaning Ukrainians targeted the areas of Russian forces concentrations. Local residents reported hearing 2 strikes and that the first one was without an explosion. This indicates that Ukrainians continue using ADM-160 decoy missiles to trick the Russian air defense, which proves to work. Russian officials reported that the building was empty, however, even the most prominent Russian sources doubt that Ukrainians are using their most advanced and scarce weapon to hit empty buildings six times in a row.
There is also a huge discussion as to why Ukrainians started from Luhansk, as everyone expected Ukrainians to unleash this new weapon on Crimea. The biggest reason is that Russians in Donbas can adapt to the strikes the fastest – all they need to do is to pull back by 20 km into the Russian territory, and Ukrainians will not be able to reach them because, for political reasons, it was agreed not to use long-range missiles to hit Russian territories. On the other hand, Russians in Zaporizhia and Crimea cannot just move 20 km back to hide from the missiles. The supply shoulder is already extremely long, so Russians must keep their command centers, barracks, and ammunition depots where they are, in spite of the imminent strikes. So, starting from Luhansk ensures that Ukrainians can inflict more damage to Russian forces in the long run.
Today Russian officials also confirmed that Ukrainians conducted a successful drone attack on the Russian military objects in the Bryansk region. As a result, Ukrainians destroyed or damaged at least 5 pieces of equipment.
A lot of news is also coming from the Bakhmut direction.
After clearing the forest, Ukrainians started to ramp up their artillery preparation. A lot of Ukrainian fighters from multiple assault detachments reported about preparation for storming operation of the next positions on the line. South of Ivanivske, there are a lot of small roads along the tree lines, where Russians have prepared a lot of trenches. Recently released footage shows how Ukrainians are using UR-77 to shoot a 70-meter-wide explosive charge to clear the whole trench network in one big explosion.
But Ukrainians are shelling not only the first but also the second and third lines. The goal of these deeper strikes is to destroy the enemy reserves and create disarray in their supplies. Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance has already started clearing Kodema. A recent video shows how Ukrainians found and destroyed the Russian air defense system.
When it comes to the city itself, there have been a lot of changes over the last 7 days. Last time I told you that Russian forces managed to penetrate Ukrainian defense from the northeast and establish control over the outer building, which Ukrainians then blew up from a distance. After several days of shelling Ukrainian positions with incendiary munitions and setting the whole western residential area on fire, Russian forces managed to undermine Ukrainian defense. Their new target became buildings located along Levanevskogo Street. Ukrainians tried to use their tanks to chase Wagner troops from the high-rise buildings, but with such big fortifications, this tactic did not work as well and only slowed down the Russian advance by inflicting a lot of losses. Over the last two days, Wagner forces managed to develop their bridgehead even more and reportedly established control over the local supermarket. A fighter from the 24th Assault Brigade reported that Russians also established positions around school #12.
In the southern part of the region, the situation is more stable. Ukrainians continue controlling Chaikovsogo Street and firing at Russian positions in the Industrial College. The main goal of the Russians here was to penetrate Ukrainian positions past the college and hit the citadel from the back, however, they got stuck and continued to lose men in an attempt to cross the street.
Overall, while Ukrainians on the flanks are slowly engulfing Bakhmut from two sides, Ukrainians inside the city continue drawing Russian forces on themselves. The main goal here is to push Russians into a pocket.