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[dayone]

I wasn't going to, but since Ken's message, now I have to send this.

Charles Day



>How Would The D-Day Invasion be Reported Today?
>
>It would probably go like this....................
>
>
>June 6, 1944 . - NORMANDY-
>Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more wounded today
>in the first hours of America 's invasion of continental Europe . Casualties
>were heaviest among women and children.

>Most of the French casualties were the result of artillery fire from
>American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the
>landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a makeshift
>hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far
>worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American
>invasion was running high.

>"We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman speaking on condition of
>anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say
>this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler."

>The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops,
>tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and
>thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed that
>the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out,
>threatening the species with extinction

>A representative of Greenpeace said his organization, which had tried to
>stall the invasion for over a year, was appalled at the destruction, but not
>surprised.

>"This is just another example of how the military destroys the environment
>without a second thought, " said Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about
>corporate greed."

>Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French government-in-exile
>who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the invasion was based solely
>on American financial interests. "Everyone knows that President Roosevelt
>has ties to big beer," said Pierre LeWimp. "Once the German beer industry is
>conquered, Roosevelt 's beer cronies will control the world market and make
>a fortune."

>Administration supporters said America 's aggressive actions were based in
>part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who sent
>a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were developing a secret
>weapon, a so-called "atomic bomb." Such a weapon could produce casualties on
>a scale never seen before and cause environmental damage that could last for
>thousands of years.

>Hitler has denied having such a weapon and international inspectors were
>unable to locate such weapons even after spending two long weekends in
>Germany
>
>Shortly after the invasion began reports surfaced that German prisoners had
>been abused by Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called
>"concentration camps" has been rumored but so far, remains unproven.
>Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion and
>French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses pose a public health
>risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in advance," they said.
>"It's their mess and we don't intend to clean it up."

>I'm glad the soldiers who fought and died so bravely on D-Day and throughout
>World War II did so decades ago. In the 1940s war was hell, but at least our
>troops didn't have to fight the folks(?) back home.
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