Victor Davis Hanson: In the Eye of the Beholder. Imagine if we’d reported on WWII the way we do now

NRO ^ | May 12, 2006 | Victor Davis Hanson

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[cgbg]

Outstanding read.

Bump!

[mainepatsfan]

I really liked the Hollywood angle.

[RobFromGa]

This is a great piece of writing, and all too true. This needs to be widely distributed...

[Eagles6]

save

[toddlintown]

Excellent!

[kinoxi]

it's disturbing to me

[Riley]

The Fourth Estate as the Fifth Column.

Good piece.

[Fairview]

This needs to be widely distributed...

Except that most of the populace has so little understanding of World War II and subsequent history that most of the references in it would go right over their heads and they wouldn't get the ironies.

[mainepatsfan]

"Hitler had nothing to do with 12/7!!!"

[LongsforReagan]

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[RobFromGa]

I read one a few years back that just concentrated on D-Day and the field day the media would have had with that.

They reported on the dummy armies in England, and the cardboard planes, and demanded that out leaders explain what was going on in the days leading up to the invasion, which of course was not secret any longer.

That one was easier to understand because the references were more well known... (but many are likely unaware of the subterfuge that went on prior to D-Day even)

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

We would INDEED have seen such stories had not Hitler attacked the Soviet Union and turned the communists into our allies.

The press was in love with the commies, and when the Soviet Union was attacked suddenly the press was all for the US jumping into the war.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Germans did try to influence American public opinion and sentiment before the war. There was some famous people that jumped on the bandwagon like the flyer Charles Lindbergh.

And those people were free to go around and give speeches about how friendly and good the Nazis were. That is until events finally unfolded and Germany declared war on The US. Then those people were not heard from anymore.

Today, we have the Terrorists actively giving not only threats against America, but picking up on the political attacks against the Bush administration from the Democrats.

In this way the enemy has made common cause with the Democrats and this has not disturbed the Democrats one bit. The most disturbing part about this is that back in WW2 those that were supportive of the Nazis were shut-up once blood was being shed on the battle field. But today we have lost thousands in the War against Terror yet the common cause between the Democrats and the Terrorists continue regardless.

It's disgusting and why I will never vote for any Democrat as long as I live.

[mainepatsfan]

I was watching the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" and my cousin asked me if it was a movie about Vietnam.

[RobFromGa]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Shup up, he's on a roll.

[FreedomPoster]

LMBO! Perfect reference.

[RobFromGa]

Good to see you FP!

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