1 posted on
05/25/2004 7:04:39 PM PDT by
LS
To: LS
2 posted on
05/25/2004 7:10:59 PM PDT by
gitmo
(Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
To: LS
To: LS
Thanks for the context. The media today certainly doesn't have it.
To: LS
5 posted on
05/25/2004 7:19:12 PM PDT by
Petronski
(They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
To: LS
Good article - however, I have heard that there was quite of bit of sabotage by the Germans during the first few years of the occupation; sniper incidents, mysterious explosions in the industrial Ruhr, even rumors about Patton's death.
To: LS
7 posted on
05/25/2004 7:26:53 PM PDT by
X-FID
( ". . . . I'm making steps. . . . I look at an issue. I'm not afraid to run away from it,")
To: LS; Congressman Billybob
Outstanding summary ping.
8 posted on
05/25/2004 7:30:25 PM PDT by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: LS
Bless you!
The media quotes are priceless.
(Hmmm, makes me wonder: after war is there always a temporary emotional reaction like "buyer's remorse" among the populace?)
9 posted on
05/25/2004 7:34:18 PM PDT by
mrsmith
("Oyez, oyez! All rise for the Honorable Chief Justice... Hillary Rodham Clinton ")
To: LS
(it's called research)I'll have to look that word up. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. [end sarcasm]
Otherwise, this is fine reading.
10 posted on
05/25/2004 7:35:44 PM PDT by
perfect stranger
("Don't shoot – I'm Che! I'm worth more to you alive than dead!" Che Guevara October 1967)
To: LS
Well said.
11 posted on
05/25/2004 7:45:14 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: LS
12 posted on
05/25/2004 8:01:12 PM PDT by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: LS
Very good article.
I remember reading somewhere that the US response to German/NAZI "insurgent" activity was rather severe and included many summary executions. Did your readings speak to the US handling of resisters in Germany?
To: LS
Good one! You really should submit this for publication somewhere. Maybe frontpagemag.com ?
14 posted on
05/25/2004 8:54:40 PM PDT by
moni kerr
(Lead, follow or get the hell out of the way)
To: LS
This is an excellent short analysis of the comparative occupations. I've read the refinitive history of the occupation of Germany and one point buttresses what you wrote. The average G.I. was sending home about TWICE what his salary was, because they were profiting from the black market in goods and services, and also currency speculation when the Mark and the the Dollar were circdulating side by side.
My column for next week is already written and deals in large measure with the subject you discuss here. The President made a serious mistake of omission by not giving precisely this historical perspective on American military occupation -- before the very audience which would best understand it, appreciate it, and contribute to it with interviews afterwards. The faculty and students at the War College study these very subjects, in detail.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "How About 'The No Bullsh*t News'?"
15 posted on
05/25/2004 9:19:17 PM PDT by
Congressman Billybob
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19 posted on
05/25/2004 9:42:03 PM PDT by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
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20 posted on
05/25/2004 10:09:24 PM PDT by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
To: LS
"Never has American presige in Europe been lower. People never tire of telling you the ignorance and rowdyism of American troops."-John Dos Passos, 1946
21 posted on
05/25/2004 10:09:28 PM PDT by
WOSG
(Peace through Victory! Iraq victory, W victory, American victory!)
To: LS
Fantastic.
Thanks so much.
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