Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, for Heaven's sake! No one actually thinks President Bush believes what you imply--including you. It's obvious that he meant that WWII--the combat portion of it--began FOR THE UNITED STATES with Pearl Harbor. Given that even the author of a message like yours doesn't really believe the President of the U.S. to be that ignorant, the question is why you're making anything of a statement taken out of context. I daresay that if John Kerry, or Bill Clinton, or even a more widely respected Republican like John McCain, had said the same thing in the same context, the event would have passed unremarked upon in this forum--or any other. The other question is: Why the hell is polemics of this sort offered on a Leica forum when the context of the subject has nothing whatever to do with Leicas, photography, or other relevant issues? This seems like no more than taking an opportunity to bash a disrespected American President before an international forum. Take it to an appropriate place, please. --howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Atherton" <timatherton@theedge.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 2:26 AM Subject: [Leica] The President, D-Day and History > Having watched a couple of D-Day documentaries over the last couple of days, > and also a couple of pieces on Capa's D-Day pictures (leica-ish content), > and also one about the cameramen on the beaches, I then read this evening > that President Bush apparently believes WWII started with the attach on > Pearl Harbour (at least he said so to the students at the US Air Force > Academy last week). > > I certainly hope someone is going to put him right before he speaks to the > D-Day veterans. All I can say is that it certainly would have been news to > my Grandfather, under fire on the beach at Dunkerque in 1940, that the war > didn't start until a year and a half later... > > The idiocy is astounding > > > tim atherton > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information