There is always something else that virtually no one gives the US credit for. After WW2 the US virtually owned the following countries. West Germany, Austria,Spain, Italy Norway, France, Poland,Japan, phillipines, All of North Africa, Western China, Burma, Most of the South Pacific. We had the right to plant the Flag on these conquered countries (as had all previous victorious nations) and declare them as American colonies. Thats what Russia did when it formen the USSR. However we did not do that. What then did we do? Through the Marshall Plan we restored , with a great deal of US money, them to a free society and gave them back to the people. Some of which had never before known freedom. We rebuilt much of Europe Japan etc. We discovered oil in North Africa. Etc Etc Etc. That is why we are an exceptional nation. We brought modern industry To Germany an Japan so much so tha they are now out competing us. No other countrt berfor or since has demonstrated such largess. Most of Europe forgets and gives the US little credit for the reason that their national languages are not German. There are manyt cemetaries filled with American dead thgat gave their lives so the Europe can complain about American imperialism. How many European cemetaries filled with dead europeans in the US are there..I will tell you NONE.Every day the people of those liberated nations should bow down and thank the US for their freedom!!!

The disgrace is people who post crap without taking even one minute to verify that there might be even a shred of truth to what they post. But those who hate America are so quick to denigrate the President that facts don't matter.

So yes, I will dispute this bullshit.

"The first president to travel to Normandy for D-Day was Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton attended D-Day memorial ceremonies in Normandy on the 50th anniversary of the landings in 1994. George W. Bush did so on the 60th anniversary in 2004, and Barack Obama did likewise on the 65th anniversary of the landings in 2009".

"In fact, any public presidential activity paying tribute to fallen U.S. and Allied soldiers on the anniversary of D-Day has been an exception rather than the rule. Available White House presidential schedules for 6 June going back to the beginning of the Bush administration in 2001 list no public events connected to D-Day in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, or 2002."

Since the D-day invasion, exactly four presidents have attended D-Day memorial ceremonies a total of exactly six times. Barack Obama was one of them.

Your apology to us all for wasting our time, and to the President for the false accusation is accepted.

Every year the French have a 4 day celebration in Normandy complete with American uniforms, tanks, jeeps and guns. They still honor the Americans who died there?.

June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of "D-Day", the largest invasion ever attempted, where 200,000 Americans stormed the beaches at Normandy to begin the final push to defeat Nazi Germany in WWII. D-Day marked the turning point in WWII in Europe ... Today, European heads of state make it a point to recall and honor the sacrifices of those who landed in Normandy , as do our Presidents.... well, most of them....

In the 69 years since D-Day, there are four occasions when the President of the United States chose not to visit the D-Day Monument that honors the soldiers killed during the Invasion.

The occasions were:

1. Barack Obama, 2010
2. Barack Obama, 2011
3. Barack Obama, 2012
4. Barack Obama, 2013


For the past 69 years, every American President except Obama have taken the time to honor the memory and sacrifices of the 6,000 American soldiers killed on D-Day. ...Except Obama!

June 6 2010,
Obama had no events scheduled.

June 6, 2011,
Obama met with the National Security team and was interviewed by WEWS Cleveland and WDIV in Detroit about the auto industry - FAR too busy to visit the D-Day memorial.

June 6, 2012,
instead of honoring our fallen soldiers, Obama made a campaign trip to California on Air Force 1 (at our expense) to raise funds for (his) upcoming election.

June 6, 2013,
Obama was doing ANOTHER fund raiser with the multimillionaires in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Palo Alto , CA , once again at our expense.

America - Aren't you proud?


Four times in 69 years!!


SHAME ON AMERICA FOR ELECTING A NON-VETERAN PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: HE IS ABSOLUTELY A DISGRACE TO ALL WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS NATION AND GAVE THEIR LIVES.

VETERANS - PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR VETERAN FRIENDS AND

Another viral email/Facebook posting with erroneous facts that will be passed along without question, and believed by too many who are unwilling to check its accuracy.

There have been FOUR US Presidents to visit Normany on D-Day.

Reagan in 1984. He was the first and visited on the 40th anniversary.

Clinton in 1994 for the 50th anniversary.

Bush in 2004 for the 60th anniversary.

And (wait for it .................) Obama in 2009 for the 65th anniversary.

His speech can be seen here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/06/06/archives-president-obama-commemorates-d-day

I just wish that my conservative friends would recognize that the continual posting of such erroneous and transparently partisan misinformation only makes it harder to take conservative viewpoints seriously. I try my best to listen objectively to all sides of an issue, but things like this make it very difficult.

There is always something else that virtually no one gives the US credit for. After WW2 the US virtually owned the following countries. West Germany, Austria,Spain, Italy Norway, France, Poland,Japan, phillipines, All of North Africa, Western China, Burma, Most of the South Pacific. We had the right to plant the Flag on these conquered countries (as had all previous victorious nations) and declare them as American colonies. Thats what Russia did when it formen the USSR. However we did not do that. What then did we do? Through the Marshall Plan we restored , with a great deal of US money, them to a free society and gave them back to the people. Some of which had never before known freedom. We rebuilt much of Europe Japan etc. We discovered oil in North Africa. Etc Etc Etc. That is why we are an exceptional nation. We brought modern industry To Germany an Japan so much so tha they are now out competing us. No other countrt berfor or since has demonstrated such largess. Most of Europe forgets and gives the US little credit for the reason that their national languages are not German. There are manyt cemetaries filled with American dead thgat gave their lives so the Europe can complain about American imperialism. How many European cemetaries filled with dead europeans in the US are there..I will tell you NONE.Every day the people of those liberated nations should bow down and thank the US for their freedom!!!