Posted on 06/06/2023 7:46:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I don’t know how true it was back in Eisenhower’s day. But today, most officers above the rank of lieutenant colonel are politicians. They factor politics into all of their major decisions.
Maybe they’re forced into such situations by high-ups. Or maybe they are careerists first, and military officers second.
But I’m not too depressed by that. In times of great trouble, the best officers are eventually recognized. Grant and Eisenhower are two examples.
I see the invasion of illegals as an extreme dishonor to the brave soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom. I believe that all illegals should be shot on sight and their enablers be strung up and left to rot as a warning to all other traitors.
Last year I got to go to Normandy and meet Maj. Gen. LaNeve, the commander of the 82nd Airborne in Turqueville.
https://www.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision/videos/robert-heurgue-returns-home/542692334169601/
An experience I will never forget.
My story from post #5 happened in the late 1970s. Doesn’t seem so long ago to me. But I guess it was.
Just for the record.... google home screen today is 2023s google doodle winner of some Mexicans playing in a sunflower field.
D-Day and 19440606 keywords, sorted, duplicates and (most) garbage out:
Imagine the noise that 11,000 propeller driven aircraft make!
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