Posted on 05/12/2006 4:41:46 AM PDT by Tolik
Great use of satire by VDH.
No, but that was a funny reply. He was some young OS - PO2.
OS's, my second guess. Plankowner AD-44
Another great V.D. Hanson touche!
Yep, the USS Bowfin...wifey and I were humbled at the hardships those submariners had to endure, given the extremely cramped and claustrophobic quarters.
The Missouri has been added since our last trip, so haven't seen that...for sure will do so, if we ever get back to Hono.
Michelle Malkin does a good job of showing the efforts of the Imperial Japanese to influence and subvert US policy.
Sorry, I meant in her book, "In Defense of Internment:..."
Can you cite any specifics in the posted article to support this opinion?
Plankowner CG 65
Cool. The only time I get underway anymore is a 2 day tuna trip.
Which one are you advocating?
A. Rounding up all Muslim U.S. citizens
B. Rounding up U.S. Muslims from certain countries (Saudi, Egypt, etc.)
C. None of the above, just spouting off.
If the answer is A or B, what benefit do you expect that to provide us, and why haven't these dangerous populations struck here on our soil anytime in the 4 and a half years since 9/11? Please also discuss why, if it's such a grand idea, FDR didn't do it to the Germans and Italians, and why we didn't have numerous sabotage incidents committed by Germans and Italians left running loose.
You would have to imagine that instead of celebrating the Carson Robinson Orchestra's version of "We're Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap" that President Roosevelt had them arrested for hate speech.
Please cite any person who has been arrested or censored by the administration for criticizing Islam or advocating any particular war strategy.
bttt
Why don't you be more specific? Where does Hanson make a mistake here about WWII? Where does he unfairly criticize war critic's treatment of current ops?
Brilliant writing. It rings of a contemporary CNN or MSNBC (or you fill in the letters) nightly news cast!
Welcome to FR. Please see my post 73 and respond to it.
In Patriot's History of the U.S. we give FDR fairly high marks for going as far as he could to prepare the U.S. for an inevitable war, while at the same time resisting British incursions such as this one. I think 1940-1942 was FDR's "greatest hour," and that certainly the man had fallen off dramatically by late 1944.
The only good murtha is a defeated and shamed murtha
I'm a modern U.S. historian, and I find his treatment of modern history pretty damn accurate---much better than yahoo Freeper neoConfederates who think that only happy slaves existed in the South. If only all historians were as accurate in dealing with war issues as Hanson.
IMHO, it is necessary to quell dissent in all wars. It is the nature of war, and survival. If you don't like surviving, move.
A Pearl Harbor survivor who was in subs the whole war once told me he appreciated my service. It's not like I expected the guy to tell me to get bent or something, you understand, but for a moment I was stunned speechless in humility that this man would consider my four years of turning wrenches in SAC to be worth his commendation. One of the great moments of my life.
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