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Controversial member of woke Virginia school board slams Battle of Iwo Jima as 'evil': Previously moaned that moment of silence for 9/11 attacks 'caused harm'
UK Daily Mail ^ | 02/26/2023 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 02/26/2023 9:16:56 AM PST by DFG

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To: RWGinger

But we also put American citizens into camps.
We wouldn’t have sent Japanese American citizens to Japan


Do you think it might take some time to sort things out? Which is exactly what happened. It was an ongoing process. May not a perfect process but a NECESARY process.

Do not take the liberal education at face value.


41 posted on 02/26/2023 10:27:40 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: RWGinger

It was well documented in the history of WWII thread here on FR.

And obviously it was standard policy to demand your citizens be returned. We demanded the same from Japan. Our people were rounded up also.


42 posted on 02/26/2023 10:31:04 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: DFG

Thanks again to whichever idiot president Clinton bush or Obama let this Libyan goat humper into America. And of course they flood into the DC are.


43 posted on 02/26/2023 10:35:22 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DFG

Deport him and take away his American citizenship and passport.


44 posted on 02/26/2023 10:35:28 AM PST by Boomer (The biden regime / identity politics is a clear and present threat to this constitutional republic.)
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To: DFG

The Battle of Iwo Jima could have been avoided. The Allies could have blockaded it and moved on in their island hopping. The decision to take the island at that time was a judgement call.

War is heck.


45 posted on 02/26/2023 10:35:46 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: RWGinger

Don’t forget we rounded up Japanese American citizens


In hind sight that might be pretty clear. But may did claim their Japanese citizenship and wanted to be returned and were.

What would be your magic formula to sort them out?

War is a very complicated process. Not everything works perfectly.

You cannot apply the lens of racism to everything.


46 posted on 02/26/2023 10:35:58 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Seizing Iwo saved many B29 crews.


47 posted on 02/26/2023 10:37:18 AM PST by Reily
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To: Alas Babylon!

NOT an American.

Also, is she doing a White Power hand gesture?


That is not a White Power gesture. Someone in the audience asked her what she “knows of American history, our culture and customs?”

Answer, “ZERO.”


48 posted on 02/26/2023 10:39:24 AM PST by AFret. (.)
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To: DFG

Iwo was an offshoot of Pearl Harbor, just like Okinawa.
That kind of battle was a guarantee after the Japanese trained and made modifications to attack the US fleet on US soil.
You start an aggressive war, it could very well come home to haunt you.

Had Truman not dropped the atomic bombs, there would actually be any Japanese left, the entire mainland would have ended like Iwo.

People need to consider the obvious before they start a war.


49 posted on 02/26/2023 10:40:44 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: Jeff Chandler
If Letters to Iwo Jima was accurate,the army and navy of Japan had the same types of arguments about combat strategy that our forces had.

Heck of a lot of Marines died on Peleu because MacArthur wanted it.

50 posted on 02/26/2023 10:40:48 AM PST by mware
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To: Reily
Seizing Iwo saved many B29 crews.

How so? (sincere question)

51 posted on 02/26/2023 10:41:05 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Gave damaged B29s a place to land.
I used to know the numbers. I’m sure it’s on the Internet somewhere.


52 posted on 02/26/2023 10:44:15 AM PST by Reily
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To: DFG

Should be removed from office.


53 posted on 02/26/2023 10:44:21 AM PST by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: DFG

Some people did something.

Marko


54 posted on 02/26/2023 10:44:26 AM PST by markoman (Cautiously cynical)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Over two thousand men in plane crews made emergency landing on Iwo.


55 posted on 02/26/2023 10:45:05 AM PST by mware
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To: DFG

Aren’t there rubber rooms somewhere for these crazy people?


56 posted on 02/26/2023 10:52:05 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: Reily

Two months later we had occupied Okinawa.

Like I said, it was a judgement call.


57 posted on 02/26/2023 11:01:07 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Except Iwo was about halfway on a more or less direct line of bearing between Japan and the main B29 base in the Marianias. Okinawa is southeast and nearer the operational range of the B29s from the Marianias.


58 posted on 02/26/2023 11:07:59 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

Thank you. It is refreshing to be able to discuss an issue without rancor.


59 posted on 02/26/2023 11:10:13 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: DFG

I want the best quality picture from a streaming device, especially with 4K. Nvidia Shield is expensive, but it absolutely gives me the sharpest, best picture. Next is the Smart Service on my LG TV, with the Roku Ultra close behind and the Amazon Fire Cube last. Of all three, I like the Roku interface the best, although that’s a matter of personal preference. For whatever reason, the LG TV’s Smart Service does not get all of the streaming services the Roku and Nvidia does.


60 posted on 02/26/2023 11:13:41 AM PST by PUGACHEV
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