AMERICANS

Y'ALL KNOW,  if the USA had stayed home and minded its own business and
said piss off to the rest of the enlightened  countries of the world in
the 20th Century, the ones of you that were not speaking German or
Japanese,  Italian, Chinese, or  Russian, would certainly be leading
diferent lives than the ones you lead today.

as for the mighty RED AIR FORCE, the LUFTWAFFE was unable to  match
numbers  with it on the  EASTERN FRONT, hence the Soviets had air
control for a part of the  war.

and of course our Russian allies, had  made a peace treaty with the
Japanese so they could	concentrate of the Axis.

and they still used huge quantities of American manufactured machines,
weapons, ammo,	clothing and food in their  war against the Axis .

this does not reduce the importance of	Russian actions in WW II as an
ally, but remember, they also  co-invaded Poland.

having talked with many old  landsers, upon reflection they admit  that
Reich did as much to defeat the Reich as any  of the ALLIEs.  some
interesting reading about  Germany's war time production  and political
decisions that limited it also will provide some clues to problems
created by the Reich  for the Reich.

i seem to remember that America supplied arms, ammo, equipment,
vehicles, ships, aircraft,  training facilities, food, medicine, medical
technology,  POW  storage and etc  for THE ALLIES, all the while
fighting its own war.

honestly, i like  Germans, Brits, Canucks and Aussies. i liked most
Europeans and Scandinavians too.  i liked most of the folks  i met in
Japan and Korea, even some of the folks i met in the RVN. ditto  for
other folks  from around the planet.

and i do not "wrap myself in an American flag" as some of you like to
say.

i can tell the difference between right, wrong, and do not give a shit
too.

but, i do not like the patronizing tone, 
DEREK is displaying towards America  and Americans,  or that a lot of
y'all are showing.

maybe we should have sayed home and left y'all	folks ancestors to
sizzle in their own shit instead of bailing you out, rebuilding you, and
protecting you with OUR MONEY and OUR BLOOD . . .

with your assistance , of  course.

i am starting to get a bit  irritated with folks now, including
Americans who like to say things i perosnally do not agree with.

but feel free to say them, it is your right as an American,  and i guess
your privilage to do so as a foreigner.

but one question here for EVERYONE:

how many of you have served in your own country's armed  forces or any
police , fire or rescue service? how many of you have actually done
something  for the good of all or the good of the  few? how many of you
have actually made  physical, financial, personal, and psychological
sarcifices  for the things you treasure most?

not many, i suspect. most of y'all had lead comfortable  lives, free
from want, hardship,  fear, death, famine, and disease . . .

quite  a few, if not most are well educated either by your own efforts
or the labors of others.

none live in "poverty", i suspect.

and there is nothing wrong with this.

but you should always  remember that YOU have the life YOU HAVE NOW
because some one else carried the can when it needed carrying . . . .

John irritates me sometimes too. and being a soldier is not a license to
be an asshole (John is not an asshole  either).

another question:

how many of you have actually killed another human being? or seen your
friends killed or maimed?  

very damned few.

i am tired. my head hurts.  i am old . i am fat. i am crippled up. 

But you know what?  i am proud of me, proud of	my service to my country
and yours, proud i was able to serve the public good , and PROUD OF MY
COUNTRY.
 
i may not say things  as slick as some of you do, and may not be as well
educate  or speciliast educated as some of you, but i can look myself in
the mirror, state my thoughts, and stand by my friends without feeling
fear of PC or being caugh wearing two faces.

DAWGIE, getting pissed with all of this.