6-6-6

I have wondered this, and I am not sure how I would get this information: how many baby boys born TODAY will be named Damien?

Okay, jokes aside, today is June 6th.

What happened 62 years ago today? "D-Day," otherwise known as the Normandy invasion, was the beginning of the liberation of Europe by Allied forces on the beaches of France. (To read about this go to this Matthew Jackson-approved Wikipedia link.)

Please note that the Allied deaths for the Normandy Invasion (6/6/44 through 8/25/44) were 53,700 (total dead, wounded, and missing about 225,700) while Nazi deaths/wounded/missing were estimated to be about 400,000.

Now, I ask you, in this war against an evil fascist regime bent on exterminating opposition and forcing their twisted philosophy on the world, was this invasion justified? I mean, Hitler wasn't hurting us. He declared war on us, yes, but only because we declared war on Japan because of 12/7/41 (which FDR supposedly coaxed Japan into doing, according to some sources. I don't believe it.)

Why get into a war in Europe? Why? Our "friends" were there, but what had Hitler done to us personally? Okay, okay, the U-boats did sink some American transport ships carrying supplies to Europe, but hey, we knew the risks going in.

Why were there no huge anti-war protests? Why wasn't there a rolling list of war-dead printed in the paper day by day? Why?

How many have given their lives in the war on terror to date? 2500 or so?

2500 in three years versus 225,700 in 10 weeks.

Who bombed civilians in WWII? (Both sides, but I believe the Germans started it first.) Who kills civilians in our present war? Definitely the terrorists: beheadings, executions, mass kidnappings/hostage taking etc. The alleged Hadifa situation aside, who goes out of their way to kill civilians and innocents in this conflict? NOT the Allies, that is obvious.

So, oh elite lefties, which side do the Allies of today resemble? THE ALLIES OF NORMANDY, that's who. You can bash the war all you want, and put up this exception or that isolated incident to "prove" how evil America is, but the end result is that we are the good guys.

The culture of Europe and the culture of the Middle East are vastly different, and the way this present war will settle out, the path that peace will take, and the time needed in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., will be different than WWII. BTW...we still have bases in Germany and Japan! Do you think we will have bases in the Middle East and/or Iraq specifically? You bet! Makes perfect sense.

6-6-6 should hopefully be remembered for the sacrifice that some 53,700 Allied men made for the preservation of peace and the eradication of Nazi terror. I would hope that all Americans would support and remember our troops today for the heroic work they do.