One thing was clear after the battle. The Japanese had sent a convoy loaded with an entire infantry division of 12,000 men and equipment to Guadalcanal, enough to turn the tide of battle. Only 2,000 soldiers, 260 cases of ammunition and 1,500 bags of rice (a four-day supply) got ashore, after much punishment. The Americans shattered the convoy, sank two battleships, and put ashore 5,500 men and tons of supplies. The Americans had gained the edge on Guadalcanal, would clear the island, start climbing up the Solomons ladder and win the war.
A few hundred miles away, a Japanese staff officer was also penning a report, an appreciation of the Pacific war situation just before the two battles of Guadalcanal, which read, "It must be said that the success or failure in recapturing Guadalcanal Island, and the vital naval battle related to it, is the fork in the road which leads to victory for them or us."
The fork in the road had been reached. After Washington headed south from Ironbottom Sound on the morning of November 14, it was clear which way the war would go.
I realize this is way off topic, but its my hopes to reach any men and/or women in the military who could perhaps take up the idea and improve upon it.
It occured to me last night that in the face of all the anti-Western, anti-American hatred leveled at the good citizens who run this country ie the businessmen, the families, the middle class etc., what may need to be resurrected is a good bit of old fashioned American defiance in the form of music.
I was reading a book to my daughter last night called "Emma's Journal" which is a very good little book written in first person about a fictional ten year old girl living in Boston at the time of the Amer. Revolution, with many detailed accounts of what life was like and the hardships they faced and the different attitudes people had about the war.
The author included two songs that were popular at the time, one of them being 'Yankee Doodle.'
"Every day there is a new song mocking the British - now 'tis 'Yankee Doodle,' which was their song insulting us, the Yankees. Now 'tis their turn to be insulted by it."
AND (this one is a bit ribald)
"How brave you went out with your muskets all bright
and thought to befrighten the folks with the sight,
But when you got there, how they powdered your pums,
and all the way home how they peppered your bums,
And is it now, honies, a comical farce, to be proud in the face and be shot in the a*se."
I just thought wouldnt it be wonderful to breathe new life into an American classic and make our point through music. We already have the melody in 'Yankee Doodle'...it was a song to put Americans down, and in our fine spirit, we turned it around and used it against the British.
I don't see why we could not still use it to fly in the face of all the Euroweenies and Leftists who today still parrot the elitist snobbery against us. I see it as a way of thumbing our noses at the elitists who call Americans 'dumb' and 'cowboys.' Cowboys have an excellent sense of humor. And it wouldnt be necessary that the elitists get the joke. We know who we are talking about in singing 'Yankee Doodle
I also think our wonderful military men and women are the best ones to come up with new lyrics for "Yankee Doodle" making fun of the Islamofascists and sing it in their faces every time we defeat them!!
