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2007-06-07 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by ryuge 2007-06-07 09:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Amen. Mr. Hanson gets it.

Posted by 0369Grunt 2007-06-07 10:18|| 2007-06-07 10:18|| Front Page Top

#2 War is blunder. It's always blunder. You have imperfect information, inadequate forces and supplies for whatever the task is, and an enemy with his own plans and ambitions. You go forward but you frequently blunder your way through.

That doesn't mean (and doesn't allow) you stop, or surrender. You push on. We did that to the Nazis and the fascists.

In fifty years time historians will review the blunders of the Iraq War. They'll also note (I hope) that we presevered and gained a worthwhile outcome, just as we did in WWII.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-06-07 10:32|| 2007-06-07 10:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Our forefathers made several mistakes. They attacked nonexistent artillery emplacements. Planes dropped paratroopers far from intended targets. Critical landing assignments on Omaha Beach were missed. Once they left shore, it got worse. Indeed, D-Day was soon forgotten in the nightmare of GIs being blown apart in the Normandy hedgerows by well-concealed, entrenched German panzers.

By Harry Reid's reasoning, we lost.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-07 11:11|| 2007-06-07 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Yesterday Michelle Malkin had a link to TheCombatReport.com that pointed to a podcast of how the MSM today would report D-Day. It was a beautiful sendup, with all the elements we see today - the retired generals saying that the day was lost once the Luftwaffe showed up, the scared kid in the landing craft who had seen his officers and sergeants killed, and all the gloom and doom. Go here to see the video.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-06-07 13:38|| 2007-06-07 13:38|| Front Page Top

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