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2005-12-22 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2005-12-22 16:37|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "US Fifth Army Investigated in Liberation of Italy"

Posted by Matt 2005-12-22 16:51|| 2005-12-22 16:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Still election season there?

Posted by .com 2005-12-22 17:00|| 2005-12-22 17:00|| Front Page Top

#3 ~~"The Italian government report, issued in May, blamed U.S. military authorities for failing to signal there was a military checkpoint ahead on the road."~~

This reads as if the Italians expect that a flagman be assigned to each checkpoint. His life expectancy wouldn't be that of a WWII Beachmaster. Maybe we could mollify them by agreeing to erect electronic signs saying: "MILITARY CHECKPOINT AHEAD - SLOW TO 25 KPH AND ATTACH PRIMER AND DET CORD."

Posted by Super Hose 2005-12-22 18:01|| 2005-12-22 18:01|| Front Page Top

#4
Certainly smells like a country with a stagnant economy. Hey, look over there.......

Posted by macofromoc 2005-12-22 18:07|| 2005-12-22 18:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Matt: US Fifth Army Investigated in Liberation of Italy

Liberation is a polite fiction. The Italians were with Hitler right up until they started losing large numbers of men. Then they started getting cold feet. In a way, kind of like the way they did in Iraq after the Sgrena incident.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-12-22 18:20|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-12-22 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like an Italian holiday for the US soldier is definitely out now. Iraq is a war zone. The terrorists can kill you and so can the Americans. Comes with the territory. The incident was tragic, but that is the nature of war. We have had friendly fire incidents and killed our own troops and those of our allies.

The prosecutor better get his priorities straight. He has terrorists overrunning his country, and its institutions are being undermined and subverted. Hey, but that is a tough job, so he will put it in the to-do-later basket and concentrate on the publicity case.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-12-22 19:03|| 2005-12-22 19:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I think it was it a German General in WWII that said "the only thing worse than having the Americans in front of you is having the Italians behind you."

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-22 20:39|| 2005-12-22 20:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Good loward our we still batting this thing around? Someone otta clue the prosecutor in that this ain't the EU.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2005-12-22 21:09|| 2005-12-22 21:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps an American prosecutor needs to investigate charging the italian nation with the murder of every US soldier that died kicking the Nazi's out of that country. I'd say it counts as premediated 1st degree murder too, so death penalty could be imposed.

If found guilty, sentence to be executed via nuclear carpet bombing. Two can play those silly games.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2005-12-22 22:28|| 2005-12-22 22:28|| Front Page Top

#10 -- #8,Besoeker
"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." General George S. Patton.

Posted by Chuck 2005-12-22 22:31|| 2005-12-22 22:31|| Front Page Top

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