The the D-Day invasion would be reported by todays Press (Sad but true)

Hawkeye

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The worst part is this is one of the most critical moments in modern history and known to the free world (D-Day).....and the press would probably post it as this (Below), makes you wonder-if the critical situations in Iraq are getting this crap-wonder what is gonna happen when Iraq becomes a free and stabalized country? Can we tell the media-told ya so?

HOW THE D-DAY INVASION
WOULD BE REPORTED BY TODAY'S PRESS

NORMANDY, FRANCE (June 6, 1944) Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more were wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children. Most of the French casualties were the result of artillery fire from American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a makeshift hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the French had anticipated, and that reaction against the American invasion was running high. "We are dying for no reason, "said a Frenchman speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler."

The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops, tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out, thus threatening the species with extinction. A representative of Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to stall the invasion for over a year, was appalled at the destruction, but not surprised. "This is just another example of how the military destroys the environment without a second thought," said Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about corporate greed."

Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded, said the invasion was based solely on American financial interests. "Everyone knows that President Roosevelt has ties to 'big beer'," said Pierre LeWimp. "Once the German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt's beer cronies will control the world market and make a fortune."

Administration supporters said America's aggressive actions were based in part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who sent a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were developing a secret weapon -- a so-called "atomic bomb". Such a weapon could produce casualties on a scale never seen before, and cause environmental damage that could last for thousands of years. Hitler has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors were unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long weekends in Germany. Shortly after the invasion began, reports surfaced that German prisoners had been abused by American soldiers. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at their so-called "concentration camps" has been rumored, but so far this remains unproven.

Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion, and French officials are concerned that the uncollected corpses will pose a public-health risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in advance," they said. "It's their mess, and we don't intend to help clean it up."
 

MAC_Whore

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Sad, but true is right. People tend to forget that life comes with uncertainty, struggle and unwelcomed outcomes on occaision. Then when these things happen people are, for some reason, surprised and look to point the finger at someone else. Life isn't always easy. Life requires sacrifice at some point. Sometimes things go wrong. I think that the WWII generation understood that.

Our generation would be so much more productive if we quit complaining and blaming so frickin much and just took action.
 

kimmy

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while one of my cousins was serving in the Middle East, his Chinook was hit by enemy fire, and when they were going down, 6 Delta Force troops and 3 Army Rangers exited through the back, each of them shot as they jumped.

Time Magazine wrote an article on the event. and though, i will say they weren't TOO liberally harsh, they still made our guys (including my cousin) out to be the bad guys. which kind of pissed me off, my cousin had just watched 9 of his closest friends get killed and the news paints them up to be the bad guys and makes them out to be cruel, heartless murderers.

i'll have to see if i can find the article (naturally, i couldn't bring myself to keep the clipping) but it was pretty screwed up, i think.

i agree with MAC_Whore, things would be alot better if we just started taking action instead of trying to always be so diplomatic and politically correct..sometimes things take sacrafice, sometimes it takes innocent lives to make the world a better place for everyone, things happen. yeah it's sad when there's innocent casualties, but...it happens. we can't all live forever.
 

Hawkeye

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I seriously believe that the moment we all decided to be so "Politically Correct" was the moment the country started going down the crap shoot.

People need to get over their sensitivity and just do things like you said.

Seriously if it weren't for the PC stuff so far-I could almost guarentee you (actually I will even put money on the table) that our guys would've been home by now. I mean some of the crap I've heard on the news you just gotta roll your eyes and say, "moron"
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kimmy

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yeah. one of my best friends is going to Marine Corps bootcamp tomorrow, and he was told that it's likely he'll be shipped out to Somalia shortly thereafter..um...hmm...weren't we there already? oh yeah, 13 years ago! hey, maybe if we didn't worry about hurting people's feelings and being politically correct, we wouldn't have to go BACK, we would have done it right the first time like we used to do back in the old days
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