Excellent program.
I know we can knock the PBS networks and stations for slanted content but this is one show that made a number of strong points about what could have happened.
The information about the creation of the books that listed the targeted members of the English Isle was very interesting.The FBI files come to mind when I saw that segment, for some reason.
I am always on guard for the many historical programs that detail the WW1 and WW2 goings on, including most recently World War 2 The Complete History.
It has a spellbinding effect to see the sacrifices made to stop those who would have conquered the world and destroyed it at the same time and so many innocents.
Let us Never Forget that we are a continuation of those same "fictional" accounts of FRee peoples struggling for survival against what sometimes seem to be unsurmountable odds.
It is the spirit and the faith of FRee people that sustains us to this day.
One thing that upset me a bit is that they got Winnie in this show. In reality, it took his own people turning their backs on him after saving them all. President Bush must never face the same result.
Yes, you picked up on everything I intended to convey with this thread. As we look back, let's not forget to look ahead: the Islamic theofascist horde is just a reminder that free peoples can never secure their safety with any permanence. It is also our own continual sacrifice and resolve that will keep us free, not only something our parents and grandparents have done.
In honor of my father, who earned a Purple Heart over Rumania in a B24 when it was hit by a flak burst in 1944. My dad returned, and so did his brothers and my grandfather. May the freedoms their sacrifices defended never be relinquished by a future generation who fails to serve and protect.
We must never let our own children believe that any prior sacrifices were "sufficient" that they can relax their guard.