Some thoughts on D-Day, from Jennifer Rubin.
One of the reasons that I do my WW II reporting parodies is to show that, over half a century after the achievements of the "greatest generation," modern Americans and modern journalists have no concept of the losses and sacrifice of a real war, as demonstrated by all the whining about Iraq.
[Update mid afternoon]
Roger Kimball has received an early report of the progress on the beaches:
June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY- Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children.
Most of the French casualties were the result of the artillery fire from American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a makeshift hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American invasion was running high. "We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler."
The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops, tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out, threatening the species with extinction.
Of course, they bungled the occupation, too.
Rand Says: One of the reasons that I do my WW II reporting parodies is to show that, over half a century after the achievements of the "greatest generation," modern Americans and modern journalists have no concept of the losses and sacrifice of a real war, as demonstrated by all the whining about Iraq.
( Of course Rand utterly forgets what those sacrifices were.
1) A draft that had 10 million men under arms in 2 years.
2) A dramatic increase in taxes
3) Constant and recurring bond drives
4) rationing of food, gas, rubber, materials
I doubt Rand has made a single sacrifice for His war)
What reading miscomprehension would cause you to think that I "forget" that at all, let alone that I do so "utterly"?
Having never seen Rand Simberg ever once call for
shared sacrifice, or engage in one act of Sacrifice,
it is reasonable to state Rand Simberg utterly forgets
the sacrifices made by the greatest generation.
Aside from typing on a Keyboard what sacrifices have
You (Rand Simberg) made to assure victory in Iraq?
Chickenhawk arguments don't pass go here John Smith since most regulars knows it's usually made by idiotarians who wouldn't be able to properly handle firearms let alone serve.
Do you want to know what happens when someone who actually knows how takes the chickenhawk argument to its logical conclusion? Read who and get a bit more detail on one example out of many (this one was unsuccessful). So if you don't favor military rule drop the chickenhawk idiocy.
Note that the "there's no sacrifice" folks don't ever mention cutting other things for the war. Social programs and entitlements are far more important.
As to raising taxes, they advocate that in both war and peace ....
BTW - we do have bond drives. We're selling debt as fast as we spend more than we take in.
And, we had rationing to deal with shortages. There's a shortage of depleted uranium, but that's about it.