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Matching WWII achievements a daunting prospect
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| June 7,2014
| Salena Zito
Posted on 06/08/2014 2:56:06 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Farmer Dean
Youd be surprised by some of the young people I meet here in rural Ohio. But the problem is leadership,that lot in Washington is not up to the job.
This. It has been this, ever since Vietnam. We constantly field outstanding troops. Our political class consistently lets us down. Now, the higher-ups in the command structure are the same bowl of Crap Crispies.
To: 98ZJ USMC
Yup leadership fighting war with an eye on their stock portfolios.
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06/08/2014 4:31:59 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Vermont Lt
That is such crap.
No, it's not.
We could get the factories up
No, we can't. Never happen in this political environment. Even if we could, it would take twenty years to economically get the infrastructure running again. It would take that long to get a sufficiently experienced workforce. We are not, who we were. We have been scuttled as a Nation.
and there are plenty of great young men and women.
If you get them away from the leftist crap culture, yes.
To: Hojczyk
I agree.
But I’m not sure that war can be fought like it was during WWII. Too much technology involved.
The bigger thing, to me at least, is the fact that American patriotism has been “dumbed down”. And of course, politics don’t allow a win mentality.
We saw a small taste of patriotism after 9/11. It didn’t last long.
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posted on
06/08/2014 4:47:29 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: Hojczyk; All
"Matching WWII achievements a daunting prospect"
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posted on
06/08/2014 4:48:03 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: 98ZJ USMC
Do you even know anyone under 30?
You are buying into the crap that our country is not still great.
And, you cite “this political” climate. Do you honestly think we would be in a WWII climate with the people in charge?
Anyway, the age of set piece wars ended decades ago.
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06/08/2014 5:38:21 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: yarddog
"I guess we could first build the steel mills then build the battleships." The EPA wouldn't allow that...
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posted on
06/08/2014 6:09:47 PM PDT
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TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
To: Farmer Dean
If you are protecting your family from someone in a vehicle your longest shot could easily be one mile or more. Learn now to shoot at those distances.
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posted on
06/08/2014 6:33:41 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
To: ken5050
My dad was a C-47 pilot. He was shot down on D-Day..actually D-Day minus 1) as he was dropping the pathfinders over Normandy..they jump blind, into the dark, and it is their job to illuminate the drop zones for the troops jumping later. My dad made it back to England 3 days later..he came down amid a bunch of the 101st..they got him back to the beachhead the next day..His plane was hit about 10 minutes after the stick jumped...the other members of his crew didn't survive..he never found out what happened to them. He often wondered if he'd found the right drop zone..and what happened to that squad.
My uncle was in the 101st, and jumped with them on D-Day. He told my dad that he was on the run, constantly shooting, moving, and shooting again and moving again, for a solid week before he finally got a full night's sleep.
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06/08/2014 9:48:30 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Nailbiter
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