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(Message started by: purpleydog on Jun 28^th, 2004, 5:45pm)

Title: Political Correctness
Post by purpleydog on Jun 28^th, 2004, 5:45pm

Subject: How Would The D-Day Invasion be Reported Today?

By Alex McRae
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1.

June, 6, 1944. D-Day. The Normandy invasion. The beginning of the end

of World War II, and one of the most storied days in American military

history.

Today we celebrate not just the 60th anniversary of the event, but the

lives of those who perished on the shores of Normandy and those who

lived to fightfor freedom in the days, weeks and months ahead. We are

grateful fortheir sacrifice, their courage and honor, and for those

who followed in Korea, Viet Nam, the Gulf War and now, Iraq.

But more than anything else, we should be grateful D-Day occurred

during a more innocent time in America. If World War II had been

fought in today's climate of political correctness and covered by our

current military-hating national media, things would have been quite

different.

In fact the story of D-Day might have read something like this...

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2.

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 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. A

representative of Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to

stall the invasion for over a year, was appalled at the destruction,

but not surprised.

"This is just another example of how the military destroys the

environment without a second thought, " said Christine Moanmore. "And

it's all about corporate greed."

Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French

government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the

invasion was based solely on American financial interests. "Everyone

knows the President Roosevelt has ties to big beer," said Pierre LeWimp.

"Once the German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt's beer cronies

will control the world market and make a fortune."

Administration supporters said America's aggressive actions were based

in part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein,

who sent a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were

developing a secret weapon, a so-called "atomic bomb." Such a weapon

could produce casualties on a scale never seen before and cause

environmental damage that could last for thousands of years.

Hitler has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors

were unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long

weekends in Germany.

Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced that German

prisoners had been abused by Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by

Germans at so-called "concentration camps" has been rumored but so

far, remains unproven.

Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion

and French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses pose a

public health risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in

advance," they said. "It's their mess and we don't intend to clean it

up."

I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day and

throughout World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell,

but at least our troops didn't have to fight the folks back home.

interesting...

purpleydog

Title: Re: Political Correctness
Post by thomas on Jun 28^th, 2004, 6:09pm

How true, how true. :-/

Title: Re: Political Correctness
Post by Charlie on Jun 29^th, 2004, 7:25am

It was interesting listening to Ike in an hour long interview from the 1960s. Politically correct, he was not.

I like Ike.

Charlie