"What we must not forget is that D-Day was a time and a place where the bravery and the selflessness of a few was able to change the course of an entire century" Obama
This is the sort of rhetorical nonsense of the class that suggests that Ronald Ray-gun, was responsible for the downfall of the Soviet Union, even when Gorbachev is quoted as saying that "the Beatles showed the Russian people that there was a different way to live". Apart from giving any credit to Gorbachev himself we know that Reagan's bellicose approach merely created further retrenchment to traditional Soviet ideas. Many Russians will tell you how boot-leg copies of Beatles songs and the sentiment of freedom that they suggested did more to change attitudes. It was the Beatles generation that brought down the Soviet Union like a virus spreading the English language and a non confrontational plea to free thinking. So much for alternative histories. What of D-Day? In comparison to the battle of Kursk (Aug 1943) in which Russia mobilised 1,300,000 men, 3,600 tanks, 20,000 artillery pieces and 2,792 aircraft (this does not include civilian support) ,D-Day was something of a side-show landing only 175,000 troops landing on 6 June 1944 and 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel. One wonders if the Russian effort had not been so massive and their success so great, D Day would probably never have been possible the following year. There were more Russian casualties in that battle than allies landed in Normandy. I would not want to diminish the efforts and sacrifice of the allied soldiers but if we were to look for a single event that was responsible for "chang[ing] the course of an entire century." Then Kursk would have to be the first candidate. In history, however, there are no single causes responsible for the course of history. On Sep 4, 7:46 pm, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote: > The essay "Obama in Wonderland" has been uploaded to > > http://findgeorges.com/ROOT/WRITINGS/POLITICS/obama_in_wonderland.html > > I got a lot of reactions. Certain called it poignant satire and I found > it most gratifying, others suggested additionally some supplements, > which I considered with appreciation. But many qualified it > (arbitrarily of course) as absurdity, calumny, defamation and > scandalmongering. I thank them from all my heart; I intended my > "Obama" to be a ecrit a scandale and they prove that I'm not far > off the mark. > > Georges. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
