D-Day reports; a cynic's view

[Henk Vreekamp]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Mark,

Ik ben het eens met Marc Fluks' interpretatie: een analoge nabootsing van
berichtgeving. Waar dit verhaal precies heeft gestaan, oorspronkelijk of
gecopieerd op een site, interesseert me even niet. Dat is nou het leuke van
domheid: literair genoegen scheppen om een tekst op zich.

Past ook in het denkkader om eventuele tegenstanders nimmer te onderschatten.

hv,u
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At 15:19 24-8-04 -0700, you wrote:

>Ik sta versteld van deze naiviteit en dat nog wel van de man die D66
>regelmatig uitmaakt voor een stelletje dommerikken. Dus heb maar even een
>google search naar het opinieartikel uitgevoerd. En wat blijkt, het
>artikel verspreid zich snel op diverse conservatieve discussielijsten.
>Geen enkele anti-Bush site gevonden die hier een aanval op het Bush beleid
>in leest. Overigens had Henk de introductie (en de laatste paragraaf)
>weggelaten, en die is heel duidelijk over de intentie van de schrijver.
>Niks geen kritiek op Bush of de 'chauvinistische berichtgeving', in
>tegendeel. Enfin, lees maar.
>
>Groeten,
>Mark Giebels
>
>http://times-herald.com/archives/opinion/2004/0606.html
>
>What if D-Day were this day?
>Alex McRae
>June, 6, 1944. D-Day. The Normandy invasion. The beginning of the end of
>World War II, and one of the most storied days in American military
>history. Today we celebrate not just the 60th anniversary of the event,
>but the lives of those who perished on the shores of Normandy and those
>who lived to fight for freedom in the days, weeks and months ahead. We are
>grateful for their sacrifice, their courage and honor, and for those who
>followed in Korea, Viet Nam, the Gulf War and now, Iraq.
>
>But more than anything else, we should be grateful D-Day occurred during a
>more innocent time in America. If World War II had been fought in today's
>climate of political correctness and covered by our current
>military-hating national media, things would have been quite different.
>
>In fact the story of D-Day might have read something like this...
>
>June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY-
>
>Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more 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 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,
>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
>the 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 Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
>"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far, remains unproven.
>
>Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion and
>French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses 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 clean it up."
>
>I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day and
>throughout World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but
>at least our troops didn't have to fight the folks back home.

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