Wild Bill Wilder Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Bump me to general discussion but I gotta say this. 60 years ago today the free world was galvanized into united action with the hellish sneak attack on American installations on Oahu and other points in the Pacific Ocean. Thousands died, a somber echo from the past to what has transpired this year. Freedom is never free. I'm thankful for what so many have given to pay for my freedom today. If you are free, no matter where you are in the world,it is a wonderful feeling. But it costs something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatGeneral Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 Amen. Good men will always die for freedom. Otherwise they would not be free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 Funny, nobody ever seems to mention the surprise sinking of the Italian fleet by the British a few months previous to Pearl Harbor. Or the surprise attack on the Iranian fleet by the U.S. circa 1986 or so? Freedom isn't free... neither is much of anything else in this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreck Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 Another view on it: 60 years ago the Japanese attacked Pearl, inevitably (though stupidly) doing what the Roosevelt administration had carefully maneuvered them into doing. The resulting unification of American allowed that administration to do what it wanted: to go to war. Even now key documents from the time, which most likely will implicate the highest levels of American officialdom including the president, are still top secret. Do we still need to have secrets about the causes of WWII, and if so, why? Is the valor of the Americans who died at Pearl any less if their deaths were political expedients of the Roosevelt administration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by CombatGeneral: Amen. Good men will always die for freedom. Otherwise they would not be free.<hr></blockquote> The object of war is not to die for your country. It is to make the other poor, dumb bastard die for his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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