Comments on: D-Day, The Normandy Invasion, June 6,1944, Wasn’t All That Long Ago http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/06/d-day-the-normandy-invasion-june-61944-wasn%e2%80%99t-all-that-long-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=d-day-the-normandy-invasion-june-61944-wasn%25e2%2580%2599t-all-that-long-ago Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lynn http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/06/d-day-the-normandy-invasion-june-61944-wasn%e2%80%99t-all-that-long-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Lynn Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:58:02 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=657#comment-376 Very good post written in a great spirit. This greatest generation lived up to our ideals of fighting tyranny as much as any military force can. I think it's important to point out that anti-American sentiment may also be related to fears of our military power. As much as we want to see ourselves as the good guys, there are current reasons to worry about our being an imperial power. Before 9/11 we had military stationed to protect our interests in the Persian Gulf. These interests? Oil that belonged to other soveriegn nations. In the service of these interests, we helped overthrow a democratic government in Iran in favor of a monarch. I hope we always live up to the ideals we espouse, but, sadly, we don't. Very good post written in a great spirit. This greatest generation lived up to our ideals of fighting tyranny as much as any military force can.

I think it’s important to point out that anti-American sentiment may also be related to fears of our military power. As much as we want to see ourselves as the good guys, there are current reasons to worry about our being an imperial power. Before 9/11 we had military stationed to protect our interests in the Persian Gulf. These interests? Oil that belonged to other soveriegn nations. In the service of these interests, we helped overthrow a democratic government in Iran in favor of a monarch. I hope we always live up to the ideals we espouse, but, sadly, we don’t.

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