To: Bommer
It was the costliest training exercise in all of World War II. As the bodies washed ashore in days ahead, the official count rose to 749. That is as many fatalities in a single day, in a training exercise, as the U.S. has lost in the entire Iraq War.
The American media in 1944 did not use those deaths to try to make the American Home Front believe that America was in a quagmire and was losing the war.
The greatest weapon that America's enemies have today is the American liberal news media.
3 posted on
04/27/2004 10:25:34 PM PDT by
Polybius
To: Polybius
People were better back then...I am convinced....
I am 50 and I am convinced that my generation is the worse ever...
7 posted on
04/27/2004 10:37:29 PM PDT by
cherry
To: Polybius
Consider: If that event had been covered by todays media, in todays political atmosphere, the likely outcome would have been a German dominated Europe.
8 posted on
04/27/2004 10:39:09 PM PDT by
Adrastus
(If you don't like my attitude, talk to someone else.)
To: Polybius
"That is as many fatalities in a single day, in a training exercise, as the U.S. has lost in the entire Iraq War.
The American media in 1944 did not use those deaths to try to make the American Home Front believe that America was in a quagmire and was losing the war.
The greatest weapon that America's enemies have today is the American liberal news media."
Dittos on this... the cost of war was far heavier in those days.
Same could be said for many other WWI or WWI or Korea battles. Chosun cost USA 9,000 lives. And yet we didnt bug out, we stayed 3 years and saved south korea again... Or Tawara, a useless piece of insignificant coral on the way to Japan. What was the death toll there? hundreds?
9 posted on
04/27/2004 10:40:11 PM PDT by
WOSG
(http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
To: Polybius
The media sure is trying to make this another Vietnam! I'm so glad that there is more open support this time of our fighting men and women. The media will have a black eye from this, eventually!
16 posted on
04/27/2004 11:11:50 PM PDT by
Shery
(S. H. in APOland)
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