Post by subdjoe on Mar 19, 2009 21:21:06 GMT -5
While this is written from the Brittish view, the same thing, or worse, would be happening if our current US crew had been in charge back in the day. Woolsey, Boxer, Kerry and the rest would be screaming, claiming they voted for it but didn't think we would try to go through with it.
The various peace at any cost groups would be clogging the streets, people like Saunterelle would be in denial about the conditions in occupied France, Poland, Romania, Croatia, etc. And saying that the Vernichtungslagers, Todeslagers and Arbeitslagers were really no worse than Manzanar, and actually better in some ways. And that Allied prisoners held in Kriegsgefangenenarbeitskommandos were really enjoying what amouted to a year round summer camp much like Bohemian Grove or a boy scout camp at the very worst.
Political Correctness Slammed.
This is the BBC Home Service. Keep calm, carry on and don't panic, D-Day is cancelled
By Richard Littlejohn
20th March 2009
Keep Calm and Carry On. That simple, stiff upper lip slogan, beneath a King George VI crown on a red background, is today's must-have poster.
As the Mail reported today, it was designed during the War by the Ministry of Information, but never made it into circulation.
After being rediscovered, it can be found on everything from tea-towels and T-shirts to mugs and mouse mats. Thousands are being shifted every week. With Britain facing the worst economic crisis since World War II, we're still taking inspiration from the Blitz spirit.
But, meanwhile, despite mounting outrage, the Government is refusing stubbornly to make any contribution to the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
This is the last chance for the remaining survivors of the Normandy Landings, all now well into their 80s, to pay their respects to fallen comrades.
Which got me wondering what would have happened if this lot had been in charge back in 1944 . . .
This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news, and this is Alvar Lidell reading it. At 0630 GMT this morning, Allied forces began an invasion of occupied Europe. No British service personnel were involved.
While American, Free French, Polish and Empire divisions stormed the beaches of Normandy, absorbing heavy casualties, the Government defended its policy of non-engagement.
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that on the advice of the Health and Safety Executive, ministers had decided that the inclement conditions in the English Channel, which caused the Meteorological Office to issue a Severe Weather Warning at 0900 hours yesterday, had made any waterborne crossing too dangerous.
Admiralty officials report that they have failed to meet the new legal requirement of one trained lifeguard to every two soldiers, per landing craft, and are therefore unable to put to sea. There is also a shortage of qualified Royal Navy captains, owing to them all being away on diversity awareness courses.
In addition, the presence of barrage balloons and anti-aircraft artillery along the coast of Northern-France could leave the Air Ministry exposed to the threat of legal action from members of the RAF in the event of injury, stress, hurt feelings or death.
It would be inadvisable to proceed with any invasion until a full risk assessment had been carried out by the War Office, especially to ascertain whether the noise generated by machine gun fire, land mines, mortars and hand grenades falls outside 'safe' decibel limits and required the compulsory wearing of ear-muffs.
There was also the danger of passive smoking to be taken into account, as well as the high levels of cholesterol and salt contained in fried breakfasts served to air crew before they embark on bombing missions. Saturated fats are a killer, especially in wartime.
Concern has been expressed, too, about the lack of hand-rails, wheelchair ramps and disabled toilet facilities on Juno Beach, in contravention of the Government's barrier-free access policy.
Furthermore, it would be inappropriate to proceed with battlefield operations until the completion of the official investigation into institutional racism in a number of British regiments, including the Welsh Guards and the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
An interim report from the Equalities Commission has described the Black Watch as 'hideously white'.
The Prime Minister said the desirability of liberating Europe had to be balanced against the very real problem of managing diversity on the home front.
Opposition to the war has been mounting since a dossier which claimed Germany could launch an attack on Britain in 45 minutes was exposed as a work of fiction, drawn up for the previous Prime Minister by Mr Campbell, former head of the Ministry of Propaganda.
In recent weeks, there has been a number of violent anti-war demonstrations in towns and cities around Britain. In Walmington-on-Sea, a group of radical Nazis jeered a parade of Desert Rats returning from El Alamein. They screamed 'murderers' and 'baby-killers' and waved banners reading: 'Blitzkrieg all those who insult Hitler'.
Police arrested a local butcher, Mr Jones, who reacted to the demonstrators by throwing a pork chop at them and telling them to go back to Berlin.
Jones, a World War I veteran who serves as a corporal in the Home Guard, was found guilty of racially-aggravated assault and a breach of rationing regulations. He is due to be hanged on Tuesday.
None of the demonstrators was arrested. It was later revealed that one of the Nazis works as a bombloader at local RAF base. The rest live on National Assistance and were granted asylum in Britain after stowing away on boats involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Most are believed by Military Intelligence to have links to Luftwaffe extremists involved in the carpet bombing of Coventry and the East End of London. Their stated aim is to establish a Gestapo state in Britain.
Although the Prime Minister condemned the demonstrators, he said it was important that we didn't over-react. They were a tiny minority who did not represent the vast majority of peace-loving Nazis.
Asked why our sworn enemies could not be rounded up and shot, or at the very least deported, he said it would be in breach of the Geneva Convention on Human Rights. Judges have ruled that internment of enemy combatants is illegal.
Recently a leading Nazi was awarded £60,000 compensation after being incarcerated in a prisoner- of-war camp on the Isle of Man, where he claims to have been tortured by being forced to listen to Vera Lynn records day and night. Adolf Stormtruper is described as a British resident, even though he was born in Munich and was captured fighting with the Panzer Division in North Africa.
The Prime Minister vehemently denied Opposition claims that this was all a smokescreen and the truth was that his own incompetence had bankrupted the country, crippled our armed forces and left Britain uniquely ill- equipped to join the liberation.
Before retiring to his bunker, the Prime Minister insisted that this was a global invasion which had originated in America.
He had nothing to apologise for and was confident of victory. Tomorrow, just you wait and see. Thanks to his leadership, Britain was now leading the world in the manufacture of tin hats.
In other news, boffins at Bletchley Park have cracked the topsecret Enigma code, which directs German submarines towards Allied convoys. The breakthrough came to light after the confidential file was left in a railway carriage at Watford Junction.
This is Alvar Lidell. Keep Calm and Carry On.
The various peace at any cost groups would be clogging the streets, people like Saunterelle would be in denial about the conditions in occupied France, Poland, Romania, Croatia, etc. And saying that the Vernichtungslagers, Todeslagers and Arbeitslagers were really no worse than Manzanar, and actually better in some ways. And that Allied prisoners held in Kriegsgefangenenarbeitskommandos were really enjoying what amouted to a year round summer camp much like Bohemian Grove or a boy scout camp at the very worst.
Political Correctness Slammed.
This is the BBC Home Service. Keep calm, carry on and don't panic, D-Day is cancelled
By Richard Littlejohn
20th March 2009
Keep Calm and Carry On. That simple, stiff upper lip slogan, beneath a King George VI crown on a red background, is today's must-have poster.
As the Mail reported today, it was designed during the War by the Ministry of Information, but never made it into circulation.
After being rediscovered, it can be found on everything from tea-towels and T-shirts to mugs and mouse mats. Thousands are being shifted every week. With Britain facing the worst economic crisis since World War II, we're still taking inspiration from the Blitz spirit.
But, meanwhile, despite mounting outrage, the Government is refusing stubbornly to make any contribution to the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
This is the last chance for the remaining survivors of the Normandy Landings, all now well into their 80s, to pay their respects to fallen comrades.
Which got me wondering what would have happened if this lot had been in charge back in 1944 . . .
This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the news, and this is Alvar Lidell reading it. At 0630 GMT this morning, Allied forces began an invasion of occupied Europe. No British service personnel were involved.
While American, Free French, Polish and Empire divisions stormed the beaches of Normandy, absorbing heavy casualties, the Government defended its policy of non-engagement.
The Prime Minister told the House of Commons that on the advice of the Health and Safety Executive, ministers had decided that the inclement conditions in the English Channel, which caused the Meteorological Office to issue a Severe Weather Warning at 0900 hours yesterday, had made any waterborne crossing too dangerous.
Admiralty officials report that they have failed to meet the new legal requirement of one trained lifeguard to every two soldiers, per landing craft, and are therefore unable to put to sea. There is also a shortage of qualified Royal Navy captains, owing to them all being away on diversity awareness courses.
In addition, the presence of barrage balloons and anti-aircraft artillery along the coast of Northern-France could leave the Air Ministry exposed to the threat of legal action from members of the RAF in the event of injury, stress, hurt feelings or death.
It would be inadvisable to proceed with any invasion until a full risk assessment had been carried out by the War Office, especially to ascertain whether the noise generated by machine gun fire, land mines, mortars and hand grenades falls outside 'safe' decibel limits and required the compulsory wearing of ear-muffs.
There was also the danger of passive smoking to be taken into account, as well as the high levels of cholesterol and salt contained in fried breakfasts served to air crew before they embark on bombing missions. Saturated fats are a killer, especially in wartime.
Concern has been expressed, too, about the lack of hand-rails, wheelchair ramps and disabled toilet facilities on Juno Beach, in contravention of the Government's barrier-free access policy.
Furthermore, it would be inappropriate to proceed with battlefield operations until the completion of the official investigation into institutional racism in a number of British regiments, including the Welsh Guards and the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
An interim report from the Equalities Commission has described the Black Watch as 'hideously white'.
The Prime Minister said the desirability of liberating Europe had to be balanced against the very real problem of managing diversity on the home front.
Opposition to the war has been mounting since a dossier which claimed Germany could launch an attack on Britain in 45 minutes was exposed as a work of fiction, drawn up for the previous Prime Minister by Mr Campbell, former head of the Ministry of Propaganda.
In recent weeks, there has been a number of violent anti-war demonstrations in towns and cities around Britain. In Walmington-on-Sea, a group of radical Nazis jeered a parade of Desert Rats returning from El Alamein. They screamed 'murderers' and 'baby-killers' and waved banners reading: 'Blitzkrieg all those who insult Hitler'.
Police arrested a local butcher, Mr Jones, who reacted to the demonstrators by throwing a pork chop at them and telling them to go back to Berlin.
Jones, a World War I veteran who serves as a corporal in the Home Guard, was found guilty of racially-aggravated assault and a breach of rationing regulations. He is due to be hanged on Tuesday.
None of the demonstrators was arrested. It was later revealed that one of the Nazis works as a bombloader at local RAF base. The rest live on National Assistance and were granted asylum in Britain after stowing away on boats involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Most are believed by Military Intelligence to have links to Luftwaffe extremists involved in the carpet bombing of Coventry and the East End of London. Their stated aim is to establish a Gestapo state in Britain.
Although the Prime Minister condemned the demonstrators, he said it was important that we didn't over-react. They were a tiny minority who did not represent the vast majority of peace-loving Nazis.
Asked why our sworn enemies could not be rounded up and shot, or at the very least deported, he said it would be in breach of the Geneva Convention on Human Rights. Judges have ruled that internment of enemy combatants is illegal.
Recently a leading Nazi was awarded £60,000 compensation after being incarcerated in a prisoner- of-war camp on the Isle of Man, where he claims to have been tortured by being forced to listen to Vera Lynn records day and night. Adolf Stormtruper is described as a British resident, even though he was born in Munich and was captured fighting with the Panzer Division in North Africa.
The Prime Minister vehemently denied Opposition claims that this was all a smokescreen and the truth was that his own incompetence had bankrupted the country, crippled our armed forces and left Britain uniquely ill- equipped to join the liberation.
Before retiring to his bunker, the Prime Minister insisted that this was a global invasion which had originated in America.
He had nothing to apologise for and was confident of victory. Tomorrow, just you wait and see. Thanks to his leadership, Britain was now leading the world in the manufacture of tin hats.
In other news, boffins at Bletchley Park have cracked the topsecret Enigma code, which directs German submarines towards Allied convoys. The breakthrough came to light after the confidential file was left in a railway carriage at Watford Junction.
This is Alvar Lidell. Keep Calm and Carry On.
