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Mike 03

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Mon Dec 7, 2020, 12:04 PM

Dec 2020

World War II is the biggest human-caused catastrophe the planet has ever known. We are still finding grenades, shells and unexploded bombs and pieces of battleships all over the world. It is really important to study it: all aspects of it, both theaters, and the philosophies that made it possible (and really, that takes most people back to WWI). People who have studied the Weimar years in Germany are likely to be the ones who most know what the hell has been going on the US for the last five years.

Forgetting about WWII, putting it behind them, ignoring it... is a fool's errand of gargantuan hubris.

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December 7th used to be Pearl Harbor Day [View all] rickford66 Dec 2020 OP

It's not healthy to fixate on past grievances this long Blues Heron Dec 2020 #1

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #2

Jesus said turn the other cheek Blues Heron Dec 2020 #3

LOL BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #5

Tell that to the Americans who were slated to be in the invasion force dware Dec 2020 #7

+1 Mike 03 Dec 2020 #12

I'm curious, is it your opinion sarisataka Dec 2020 #9

Oh fuck me. Codeine Dec 2020 #37

No thanks! Blues Heron Dec 2020 #39

My father was at Pearl aboard the USS California when the Japanese attacked, dware Dec 2020 #4

LOL BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #6

I agree about the "celebrating" but MuseRider Dec 2020 #8

Nobody has ever "celebrated" it. BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #15

... Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #16

Cirque, that's just spot on Hekate Dec 2020 #33

I saw that too... NurseJackie Dec 2020 #34

Same Here! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Dec 2020 #32

My Dad was drafted two weeks after Pearl Harbor even after initially being 4F. rickford66 Dec 2020 #10

My dad was in similar situation MaryMagdaline Dec 2020 #14

Pearl Harbor but not Clark Field. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #11

At the risk of sounding cynical, sarisataka Dec 2020 #13

Maybe depending on where you live, your media... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #22

From Twitter: Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #17

The Grotesque Orange Pustule couldn't think of a way to make it about him. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #18

Heh, I'll bet you're right. electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #19

He's clearly an anomaly in this country, no one in his family has ever served! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #20

Too wrapped up in his own GD LOSER self Cha Dec 2020 #23

He obviously has not functioned as an American president on any level at all. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #24

Ever.. just the opposite.. he came in Cha Dec 2020 #26

He absolutely did! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #27

He issued the same type of proclamation that every other president has issued onenote Dec 2020 #35

Trump was born in 1946 and, try as he might, he could not figure out a way to Solly Mack Dec 2020 #21

Oh, no doubt if this had been an 'ordinary' day in pmurTLand - Whatever the feck that is GoneOffShore Dec 2020 #25

Trump probably wants 11-03-2020 to be known as a day of mourning in remembrance of him. Solly Mack Dec 2020 #28

I'd like go with the Brit tradition of 5 Nov - GoneOffShore Dec 2020 #30

Sounds fun! Solly Mack Dec 2020 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Solly Mack Dec 2020 #29

Trump did not seem to remember to respect Dec 7th. UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #36