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WW2 veteran on overhearing "You can't bomb an Ideology"
July 24, 2016

Posted on 07/24/2016 5:21:45 PM PDT by NKP_Vet

Quote from a WWII veteran overhearing someone say that `You can't bomb an ideology."

"The hell you can't. Because we did it. These Muslims are no different than the Imperial Japanese. The Japs had their suicide bombers too. And we stopped them. What it takes is the resolve and will to use a level of brutality and violence that your generations can't stomach. And until you can, this shit won't stop. It took us on the beaches with bullets, clearing out caves with flame throwers, and men like LeMay burning down their cities killing people by the tens of thousands. And then it took 2 atom bombs on top of it. But if that was what it took to win we were willing to do it. Until you are willing to do the same...well I hope you enjoy this shit, because it ain't going to stop."


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To: NKP_Vet

The Vet is right. As long as it’s a state.

We are going to go bomb every town that has a mosque?

Yeah. That’s not a good idea.


61 posted on 07/24/2016 7:05:51 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: NKP_Vet

The sooner we get on with it the sooner it will end.


62 posted on 07/24/2016 7:15:28 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: NKP_Vet

All war is not immoral according to the ‘Just War’ doctrine of the Catholic Church, which is fully supportive of the views of NKP Vet, which by the way, precisely express my own thoughts as to how this vicious assault on civilized countries will have to be dealt with. And the sooner the better.


63 posted on 07/24/2016 7:15:38 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (If not utterly repudiated, Fifth Columnists will destroy America.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Daddy said that after basic training in WWII, they were
“ready to charge Hell with a bucket of water”; and that’s
what they did.


64 posted on 07/24/2016 7:25:06 PM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

And, as Sherman said, when you have killed a certain critical mass of them they grow fond of peace ...


65 posted on 07/24/2016 7:26:03 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: laplata

“Some say only 10% of Muslims are radical Islamists so we
have no worries.”

Dear laplata; here’s a sarcasm tag for you to use free of
charge. \s \s \s \s PLUS SOME EXTRAS.


66 posted on 07/24/2016 7:29:39 PM PDT by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Bobalu

Bomb’em back into their caves; then NAPALM the cave entries and exits.
If the jellied gas don’t get’em the depleted oxygen will.


67 posted on 07/24/2016 7:32:43 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Reno89519

Biking Mecca?

That sounds like John Kerry talking!

jk jk


68 posted on 07/24/2016 7:34:06 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: NKP_Vet

After his first 30 days in office, President Trump calls the Air Force and says, “What do you mean you are out of bombs?” ;-)


69 posted on 07/24/2016 7:34:46 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: Vesparado

Sherman was probably insane but still a decent general.

Check the casualty figures. Twice as many Yankees died as rebels. Is that really what he wanted?


70 posted on 07/24/2016 7:39:30 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Pollster1

1.1 billion dead; don’t have a problem with it, so long as they are incinerated and don’t require burying.


71 posted on 07/24/2016 7:44:37 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Pollster1

One other comment: 1 dead is a tragedy, 1.1 billion dead is just a statistic.


72 posted on 07/24/2016 7:46:26 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: laplata

Thanks for posting that.


73 posted on 07/24/2016 7:47:19 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: NKP_Vet

To win in war you must
1. Destroy the enemy
2. Destroy the enemy’s ability to fight
3. Destry the enemies will to fight.
Since this is unconventional war to us in the west, we must destroy the enemy’s WILL to fight by demonstrating beyond a shadow of a dought that their god’s ability to protect them and their way of life (cities/cultural centers) is Non-existent. This was the philosophy of every successful warrior leader in history, it is brutal and savage, but I challenge anyone to explain a nice and polite way to win a war. This is NOT a civic public discourse or a debate, it IS a direct challenge to the BEST way of life on the planet, The American Way of Life as explained in Our Declaration of Independence and Our Constitution.
Freedom Reqires vigilance, diligence, commitment, sacrifice, honor, integrity, and one hell of a stern constitution, otherwise known as GUTS!
Dittos to our WWII vets who showed us the way to win Total War on two fronts against pure evil. Remember, only 3% of the colonials in America won the revolution. The enemy knows this too.


74 posted on 07/24/2016 7:48:57 PM PDT by Billyv (Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
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To: Fiji Hill

You are more than welcome. I read that particular story in James Bradley’s “Flags of our fathers”. What the Japanese did to that poor Marine is sickening.


75 posted on 07/24/2016 8:06:09 PM PDT by laplata ( Speaking The Truth Is Now Considered 'Hate Speech')
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To: Twinkie

LOL


76 posted on 07/24/2016 8:07:22 PM PDT by laplata ( Speaking The Truth Is Now Considered 'Hate Speech')
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To: Fiji Hill

In 1954-1958 my father was stationed in Wiesbaden Germany working at United States Air Force Europe (USAFE) Headquarters. There the US government employed many German nationals, a good number being former military. Later my Dad reported that he never met a German who fought on the Western Front.......They all “naturally” fought on the Eastern Front against the Russians!


77 posted on 07/24/2016 8:21:19 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: NKP_Vet

History was not lost on the good General.


78 posted on 07/24/2016 9:09:14 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Enchante

Nuking Mecca. IPad correction is horrible.


79 posted on 07/24/2016 9:25:13 PM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

You must destroy pursuit of an ideology, which leads some to believe they are the chosen people, by utterly destroying the faith in it’s tenets. Only at the point of obliteration will these people consider a different path.


80 posted on 07/24/2016 10:21:26 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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