Comments on: Remembering D-Day

By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:41:20 +0000

D-Day Anniversary

Never forget…..

Sixty-two years ago, thousands of brave troops stormed Hitler’s Europe, and less than a year later, defeated the scourge of Nazism.

Sister Toldjah points out this great post over at Blackfive that everyone should read.

By: California Conservative » June 6, 1944: Remembering D-Day

California Conservative » June 6, 1944: Remembering D-Day — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:26:33 +0000

[...] Remembering D-Day: Rick Moran: “A Word About Courage” RightVoices American Thinker PoliticalPitBull: 62 Anniversary HotAir Ninth State SisterToldjaht [...]

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:35:31 +0000

Hmmm…unless I’m missing something, I don’t interpret omapian’s musings the same way y’all are. I know I’ve seen the name here before, but can’t recall anything he (she? it?) said, so maybe you’re right and this person has been a leftist poster before, but I read the post and got a different perspective. The statement:

It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.

I read as meaning that protests don’t do squat, you need to resist violence with the violent actions of good and moral people (such as our soldiers) in order to protect the weak. Especially in light of this statement:

History indicates submission and appeasement only invites further aggression.

So, I didn’t read into the post what you did obviously. And the statement that the Rangers not finding the guns appears to be damning of the types of people who take every little intel hiccup and use it to disparage the entire war, not supportive of that mindset.

So, unless omapian has a history I’m unaware of, you might be a tad overly reactionary here. But then, I could be completely wrong too.

By: PCD

PCD — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:17:07 +0000

ornomapian,

You are completely ignorant of the world. You have learned nothing from Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain helped cause WW2 by his peace at all costs appeasment of Hitler. Look at what it cost. MILLIONS of lives.

Your peace marches sure fared well in Tienamen square. The Chiese Army and Tanks won that battle.

You are only free to be edited. because of the men and women who fought and died for your freedom to be such a edited..

By: Jim M

Jim M — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:28:45 +0000

Omapian you had better check your history those Rangers encountered heavy fire from the Germans on the cliffs and you are right the Rangers found the casemates empty of the big guns. The Germans had moved the guns south some 550 yards from the casemates and the guns were zeroed in on Utah Beach with a German force of some 100 men. Two Rangers using thermite grenades melted the guns elevating and traversing mechanisms rendering the guns immovable. So those two Rangers saved countless lives on Utah Beach.

The rest of your history of WW2 is so wrong it isn’t funny; we did not attack Germany in retaliation for Japan’s attack of Pearl Harbor.

Omapian said;
Peace marches, protest songs, and good intentions have as much impact upon the violence of men as they have on the violence of nature’s storms, floods, and fires. It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.

How dare you compare the “Peace at Any Price” crowd with the men and women (some dead and some still alive) that have fought for the freedoms we enjoy in this country. The freedoms the give you the right to hold your Peace Marches which only undermine our men and women still fighting for freedom. The men and women that have served in the military have done more by accident in a minute than you and the rest of the peace at any price crowd have done in your stinking life time. You and your kind spew you garbage all the time why can’t you keep it to yourselves on just a few days out of the year when we honor real hero’s.

By: Leaning Straight Up

Leaning Straight Up — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:13:22 +0000

D-Day – The Battle of Normandy remembered

62 years ago 140,000 soldiers using 6900 ships and 12,000 aircraft launched an invasion against the German forces in France. We simple remember it as D-Day.
The month long campaign had a heavy toll: hunderds of thousands dead or missing on both s…

By: omapian

omapian — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:50:46 +0000

We, the people of the United States, have enjoyed the blessings of liberty won by the conscientious efforts of those who were willing to fight, and die, for peace. From our comfortable quality of life, it is difficult to imagine running onto a beach under a hail of bullets.
The rule of law protects the weak from the violence of the powerful, but only as far as laws are enforceable. When predators violate laws and cause injury, victims can either submit or resist. History indicates submission and appeasement only invites further aggression.
The Rangers found the guns were inoperable, not capable of raining down mass destruction upon the troops below. No reasonable person claimed that the whole invasion was a fraud, instigated by FDR, to attack Germany in retaliation for Japan’s terrorist attack on Pearl Harbor. People understood that aggression had to be stopped, if not by words and treaties, than by actions.
Peace marches, protest songs, and good intentions have as much impact upon the violence of men as they have on the violence of nature’s storms, floods, and fires. It requires the conscientious actions of good people to resist violence.