December 07, 2006
Remembrance
My prayer today is that in 2066, people can wake up and forget at first that is the 11th of September, only remembering later over coffee and smiling, and give quiet thanks to their grandparents and great grandparents for rising up and smiting the enemies of this nation.
Today I give thanks to the newspaper editors and members of the media who did not break the story they could have easily won pulitzers for about how the United States and Great Britain had cracked Enigma, Purple, and other Axis codes, even if it did entail monitoring the correspondence of resident aliens.
Today I give thanks to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for defying the will of the US Congress, and its deranged isolationist wing, for doing all he could--much of it against the spirit if not the letter of the Neutrality Laws--to help keep England in the War against the Nazis.
Today I give thanks to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for aggressively waging war on Nazi Germany, to the degree of adopting the "Europe First" philosophy, even though the Nazis had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.
Posted by Steve-O at December 7, 2006 09:40 AM | TrackBackBeen there. Lots of Japanese visitors, too.
Interesting conversations to eavesdrop on if you speak Nipponese. (grin)
There's a standpipe within arms reach at one point on the railing. They ask you to "please don't touch anything".
Guess what. Everybody touches that pipe.
Posted by: mojo at December 8, 2006 02:44 PMI had a buddy in San Diego who was in the Navy. Once, while on shore leave in Pearl, he was approached by some Japanese tourists who asked him where the Arizona was. His response was, "right where you left it."
Posted by: Boy Named Sous at December 10, 2006 02:47 AM
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