"The Mission of this allied force was fulfilled at 0241 local time, May 7, 1945"
The statement sent by General Dwight David Eisenhower after German Genral Alfred Jodl surrendered Germany to the allied forces at the Ecole Professionelle at Reims.
It wasn't recorded on IG, and there were no Tik Toks posted of the surrender, and General Eisenhower sent a telegram instead of a Tweet, but for all of you who have never known a world without iPhones and Starbucks, there was a time when there was an existential threat to freedom and this country, and everyone pulled together to defeat a common enemy.
Under the current conditions of this country, if WWII was fought a decade ago, a substantial section of a particular party would have preferred the US to lose the war than see President Obama get the credit for winning it.
That is just the reality of 2024.
But it is nice to remember that there was a time in the last century when the man met the moment (and yes, only men were political leaders at the time, sorry) and men like Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Churchill rose to the occasion.
Churchill may well have been right.
That was our finest hour.*
For the coven of our DeSantis drones puzzling over the title, VE= Victory Europe, which was followed by VJ day.
* Yes we know he was talking about England, but still the sentiment applies to the United States. We would venture that the winning of WWII was our finest hour, followed closely by Apollo and the moon landing, and the inclusion of a large fries in a super-sized meal, followed by the Dolphins perfect season, and then Disco.
Another nonsense post . In reality,
ReplyDeleteit's the left hates America and its traditions. And I believe conservatives cheered when bin laden was killed.
Cool story about 80 years ago. Meanwhile today Israel is annihilating Rafah, including its civilian population, while Eisenhower's successor in the White House is giving a speech about anti-semitism, shortly after the US House of Representatives criminalized statements like these found in the 19th chapter of the Gospel of John:
ReplyDeletePilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “...Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
Wonder if any of this (the siege of Rafah, the criminalization of gospel verses) merits any consideration.
If not, we can talk more about Eisenhower.
Are you effing kidding? Most of the current Democrat party would cheer for the US to lose - we’re racist, homophobic, islamophobic, transphobic, etc.
ReplyDeleteStop the gaslighting.
SAO is corrupted.
ReplyDeleteHave you figured out where you are to sit Shiva on electoon night?
ReplyDeleteYeah history is meaningless jackass. Isn’t there a stupid blog out there that more fits you?
ReplyDeleteLol, you believe we landed on the moon. What a rube.
ReplyDelete5:37, that’s right poor powerless wimpy Roman Governor General P. Pilate was a kindly caring occupier who didn’t line the road to Jerusalem with crucifix’s but was under the sway of the residents of occupied Judea . You parrot Pope Urban II, Thomas Aquinus , Martin Luther and der Furher
ReplyDeleteYa fuckin’ liberal
ReplyDeleteRumpole u are so full of it, it's your far left nazi/communist youth allies that hate this nation. Its not trump voters burning American flags, chanting kill the Jews and celebrating Islamic terrorism.
ReplyDeleteHard to beat this one.
ReplyDeleteThe end of WWII started on June 22, 1941. Even though Germany got within 50 miles of Moscow, they were doomed. Equal to WWII, I would nominate the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 80's. And on the lighter side, yes, disco was important, but not nearly as earth shattering as the advent of rock n roll 20 years before. As for sports, the 1980 US hockey gold medal is tops. As for revolutionary food post WWII, your choice of a burger, coke and fries cannot be disputed but let's give an honorable mention to Swanson's TV dinner.
ReplyDeleteTo the guy that said that "I believe conservatives cheered when bin laden was killed." I'm sure some did. But I remember the next day being shocked at the number of my conservative friends being IRATE that Obama, the President of the U.S., had the temerity to announce such a victory. They were plainly furious about the whole thing. It stands out in my mind as the first time that I saw Obama Derangement Syndrome in action, and in such clear and stark terms. Of course, Obama Derangement Syndrome had been there all along and remains (see, e.g., Trump's nonsense birther campaign). But that moment in particular was an eye opener for me.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is your blog. This blog ain’t our blog. But unless you keep blogging about current stuff that your readers care about - like, uh, uh, maybe, justice/legal stuff - and stop posting sounding all stuffy and professorial like Hirsch, then open up the blog so that others can post about more pressing and relevant issues. In fact, where are the others who you’ve allowed to blog? Don’t see those exercising the privilege. Time for a change. Make the Blog Great Again!
ReplyDeleteLol 4:50 am.Up early aren't we?
ReplyDelete235 pm you sir or madam are 100% correct. They got soooo close and it was the demonstrable turning point in the war. I could talk and blog about that for hundreds of hours, but we'd lose our TikTok gen judges and readers who can only process 30 second videos while slurping lattes with their Chipolte doordash orders.
But thanks for that.
We were not even in the war in June 1942 and Japan was in full conquest mode- the turning point was April 18, 1942 where Doolittle Raider's showed Japan that they were not invincible to attack and changed their strategy of conquest to protect the homeland which ultimately led to their defeat.
ReplyDeleteThe asinine comments here calling you a liberal commie ARE the problem. Life-long Republican here who is disgusted at my own party. Also pretty grossed out by the Dems. Why aren’t we allowed to disagree anymore? When did opposing opinions make me the enemy? And the ugly lil truth that both parties, more GOP than DNC, are enjoying this division and it is UnAmerican. No one is attacking Christianity. Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are two different things. No one would cheer the downfall of this country, Rep or Dem. And everyone cheered the death of Bin Laden. Stop believing the crazies. MTG is not a prophet. The “defund the police” crowd are idiots who live off their parents. Just stop being such jerks.
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