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2005-07-25 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Bobby 2005-07-25 09:10|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "It took Japanese kamikazes - that era's version of suicide bombers - to finally jolt the American public awake."
Nonsense. Kamikazes came very late in the war -- not at Pearl Harbor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

I took my kids to Arlington last summer so that they could see the price of freedom. I wanted them to understand why their father does not believe in our fighting wars with one hand tied behind our back. We spent four days in Washington, and one of those was dedicated to the Holocaust Memorial Museum and Arlington National Cemetery. They may not have "gotten it" in school, but they "get it" now.

Posted by Neutron Tom 2005-07-25 10:44|| 2005-07-25 10:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree with NT. This writer has a poor grip of history. Well before we encountered kamikazes en masse the population was suitably motivated by the attack on Pearl Harbor.

One would think the 9/11 attacks would have motivation enough as well to see this through, but we seem to have a lot more apologists and appeasers now.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-07-25 11:36|| 2005-07-25 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 WaPo had a nice hit piece last week that the burials from Iraq were happening so fast that the honor guards were being trained only minutes before the ceremony.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-07-25 12:16|| 2005-07-25 12:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Row upon row of small white crosses mark generations of military casualties.

hahhaa!! Lol! What an idiot. Clearly this fool has never been to Arlington and he lets us know it in the second sentence. Whata marroon!!

Posted by 2b 2005-07-25 12:29|| 2005-07-25 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 and what's even funnier is that this is a DC paper. Dork!

For those of you who may not have ever been there, there are only about 2 or 3 white crosses in the entire cemetary.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-25 12:54|| 2005-07-25 12:54|| Front Page Top

#6 2b - LOL! Thanks--I've never been there and wouldn't know myself. This guy obviously must be thinking of the Normandy cemetaries.

"No, I haven't been to Arlington, but I've seen Saving Private Ryan twice!"

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-07-25 13:14|| 2005-07-25 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 He didn't need to actually go to Arlington. He just needed to go here.

Posted by Matt 2005-07-25 13:36|| 2005-07-25 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 That is just damn sad,he writes a story and never been to the cemetary and they wonder why no one is listening.

Posted by djohn66 2005-07-25 15:17|| 2005-07-25 15:17|| Front Page Top

#9 What Can Arlington Cemetary Teach Us?

not how to spell, apparently.......

Posted by Slailing Spineth2383 2005-07-25 15:39|| 2005-07-25 15:39|| Front Page Top

#10 ima yuseta live bye em arleengten semenary

Posted by muck4doo 2005-07-25 15:41|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-07-25 15:41|| Front Page Top

#11 cemetery - lol!

Posted by 2b 2005-07-25 15:47|| 2005-07-25 15:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey, anyone who can spell Slailing Spineth2383 should be listened to! Now if only there was some there there.

Posted by .com 2005-07-25 15:53|| 2005-07-25 15:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Mee too Mucki. Fine place isn't it? Come visit me sometime, I'm in the chapel at Lexington for now. I think you'll like the quiet shade.

Posted by Bobby Lee 2005-07-25 19:34|| 2005-07-25 19:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Another article by someone who has not the honor to see Arlington for what it is. The resting place for those we all owe our freedom,and most of the free world owes their freedom to. This nutcase is in need of a new aluminum foil hat.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-07-25 21:04|| 2005-07-25 21:04|| Front Page Top

#15 I do pretty good for an engineer, SS 2383. I struggled to come up with a catchy title.....

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-25 21:08|| 2005-07-25 21:08|| Front Page Top

#16 As I have always thought, the main stream media is lazy and not too bright. They also think they are morally superior to just about everyone else.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-07-25 21:12|| 2005-07-25 21:12|| Front Page Top

#17 I've always enjoyed developing software with / for engineers - yeah, they aren't the best spellers, but they make shit that actually does something. Pretty good tradeoff, IMHO, lol!

Posted by .com 2005-07-25 21:29|| 2005-07-25 21:29|| Front Page Top

#18 I'm not quite sure what to think of the article. Doesn't he imply that America is NOT doing enough and should be MORE offensive (against the Islamist/terrorist threat)?
He sends a confusing message though.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-07-25 21:34|| 2005-07-25 21:34|| Front Page Top

#19 I especially liked the last sentence, TGA, nicht wahr? Wir mussen nicht vergessen.

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-25 22:13|| 2005-07-25 22:13|| Front Page Top

#20 In der Tat (which means indeed and "in deed" actually is spot on, isn't it?)

Posted by True German Ally 2005-07-25 22:38|| 2005-07-25 22:38|| Front Page Top

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