The Greatest Generation? Not in Obama's eyes. Note: Has he officially lost his fucking mind?.....
In a move aimed at healing the rifts of American foreign policy decisions, President Obama will make a trip to Europe next month, including a trip to Dresden, Germany. The trip will consist of several stops and the President will meet with the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany. Also slated are several policy speeches.
Perhaps the most controversial is a planned speech in which President Obama will formally apologize for American 'war crimes' during the Second World War. This would be particularly comforting to Europeans, who have long condemned American foreign policy actions, especially regarding civilians.
This speech will also be welcome in Germany, who had over 12,000,000 of its citizens killed during the war. Mayor Johann Krupp of Augensburg in Saxony stated to DW that the speech will "help my great-uncle's soul rest. He burned to death during the Dresden bombings."
ZIP
H/T:GWP
SM Here, updating, found a response from a vet: Obama apologizing for US WWII "War Crimes", one vet Responds
We need to put this up everywhere-- get this on FR immediately!
Posted by: Adolf is Bad | May 21, 2009 at 03:30 PM
What country is Obama from? Germany was the aggressor. We acted in self-defense and owe them diddle squat. Obama should apologize for his ignorance before saying anything else.
Posted by: RWG | May 21, 2009 at 03:49 PM
You know, I have had people accuse me of saying things that are "almost treason" for suggesting that some of the arguments concerning Obama's citizenship had merit. And now this? Do you think that America will wake up after this? I am not confident at all!!!
Posted by: J. Wright | May 21, 2009 at 03:49 PM
Where are Gordon Brown and Putin going to be when Bama makes his speech?
The Russians requested Dresden be targeted. The firestorm was started by RAF Bomber Command. USAAF aircraft came back the next day to try for specific targets, not a carpet bombing attack as the Brits did.
does Bama think we did the whole thing? I suppose he do...
http://www.pbs.org/thewar/detail_5229.htm
Allied strategic bombing raid against the German city of Dresden. This operation, conducted 13-15 February 1945, has become the most commonly evoked image to illustrate the excesses and horror of conventional bombing of cities. The firestorm caused by Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command on the night of 13 February rivaled that of the raid on Hamburg of 27 July 1943. The immediate controversy about the raid contributed to the end of Allied strategic bombing. Cold War rhetoric and sensationalist presentations in history books and movies have clouded the facts ever since.
At the Yalta Conference on 4 February 1945, the Soviets asked for Allied air attacks on communication centers to prevent the shifting of German troops to the Eastern Front. They specifically mentioned Berlin and Leipzig, but Allied planners also identified Dresden and Chemnitz as appropriate objectives to meet Soviet needs. On 8 February, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) instructed RAF Bomber Command and the U.S. Strategic Air Forces to prepare an attack on Dresden because of its importance in relation to movements of military forces to the Eastern Front. Contrary to later reports, Dresden did contain many important industrial and transportation targets, and it was defended, although many of its guns had been sent east to fight the Soviets. The allocation of effort was also shaped by the prodding of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, although he later tried to distance himself from the operation and the atmosphere engendered by the pursuit of Operation THUNDERCLAP. The latter was a British plan to break German morale with a massive Allied assault on the German capital, Berlin, and refugee centers. The attack on Berlin was conducted on 3 February over the protests of U.S. Eighth Air Force Commander James Doolittle. Other Americans in the U.S. Strategic Air Forces headquarters and in Washington were also uneasy over concentrating on cities such as Dresden, but that did not stop the operation.
The operation opened on the night of 13 February with two separate British raids. The first blow was delivered by 244 Lancasters dropping more than 800 tons of bombs. This attack was moderately successful. The inhabitants of the city were surprised with a second attack three hours later, this time by 529 Lancasters delivering a further 1,800 tons of bombs. The concentrated accuracy of the bombing against so many wooden structures and during ideal weather conditions produced a terrible conflagration. The smoke and flames made aiming very difficult the next day for the more than 300 American B-17s attempting to drop another 700 tons of bombs on the city's marshaling yards. Obscuration of the target area was even worse for a similar attack on 15 February.
Posted by: Harry Schell | May 21, 2009 at 03:58 PM
"What country is Obama from?"
Mostly likely Kenya
Posted by: Elric66 | May 21, 2009 at 04:01 PM
This is satire. Look at the tags at the bottom of the post. It is not real. The "article" he is pretending to quote is a German newspaper.
Posted by: Chris | May 21, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Obama did not grow up in an American culture, learning American history. He learned about 'imperialist aggressors' and 'nation-builders' and 'global policemen'. He didn't learn about America as a haven for the downtrodden, a shining beacon for those looking for freedom, or a place where a man could make his fortune based on his mind and the work of his hands instead of his last name or socio-economic standing. This shit is really pissing me off.
If Obama is going to be President of the United States, he ought to start acting like its biggest cheerleader. We are a great, great country, which has acheived great things around the world.
GW
Posted by: GW | May 21, 2009 at 04:18 PM
Ah, I've been had....and I was not correct about USSR, someone else, Brit or US, offered up Dresden. So Putin is excused, but not Gordy. RAF did the most damage by far.
It is interesting that even PBS says the raid has been sensationalised beyond the facts.
Posted by: Harry Schell | May 21, 2009 at 04:19 PM
Actual article from Deutsch Welle, supposed source. He is visiting Dresden, no mention of an apology...but why Dresden? Not making sense to me.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4237851,00.html
US President Obama to visit Middle East, Germany and France
Barack Obama is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit last year in Berlin US President Barack Obama will travel next month to Egypt to deliver a major address on relations with the Muslim world, the White House said Friday.
US President Barack Obama will travel next month to Egypt to deliver a major address on relations with the Muslim world, the White House said Friday.
The June 4 stop in Egypt comes ahead of Obama's visit to Germany and France for commemorations of the 65th anniversary of the allied "D-Day" invasion.
The following day, Obama will visit Dresden - the eastern German city heavily bombed in the war - and the Buchenwald concentration camp. Obama's great uncle participated in the liberation of Buchenwald on April 5, 1945.
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Obama's first presidential visit to Germany was for the NATO summit last month.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet Obama in the east German city of Dresden, government sources told German Press Agency dpa.
Obama will then travel on June 6 to Normandy, where allied ships landed 65 years ago in an effort to retake France from then-Nazi Germany.
First trip to Middle East
The Egypt speech marks Obama's latest effort to repair relations with Muslim nations, which became frayed under former president George W Bush. Obama last month addressed the Turkish Parliament during his first trip in office to Europe, and gave his first media interview as president to the Arab television network al-Arabiya.
The Egypt stop will be Obama's first trip to the Middle East as president. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that Egypt was chosen because it "in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world."
"I think it will be a terrific opportunity for the president to address and discuss our relationship with the Muslim world," Gibbs said.
Posted by: Harry Schell | May 21, 2009 at 04:33 PM
El - good one. As usual, short, sweet, incisive and true. Love your wit and style.
Posted by: The REAL Bob | May 21, 2009 at 04:38 PM
next thing Obama will go to Italy and apologize for Lamborghini's war crimes
Posted by: IHopeMichelleObamaFails | May 21, 2009 at 08:00 PM
If true, this is the most offensive post i have ever seen on any blog site.
Posted by: sjh | May 21, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Hey Chairman Zero what about the 15 million including 6 million jews who died as a result of the mass murders of people in the holocaust, the 20 million Russians who died in the war, three million of Poles, and millions more in the countries the nazis invaded and occupied.
The only regret America should express for WW II is that we did not have atomic bombs to drop on Germany. The communist putz the clueless and the media installed in the White House indeed has no knowledge of the horrors Germany iinflicted on humanity 1933-1945 that carried away over 50 million people nor is Zero aware that Dreden was firebombed as a response to the Germans carrying out the same at Coventry in England. Zero is the first moron man ever to gain the presidenct in our history. Flood the White House with protests. Shatter the Alinskyite's narcisstic bubble!
Posted by: wanderer | May 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM
El - good one. As usual, short, sweet, incisive and true. Love your wit and style.
Posted by: The REAL Bob | May 21, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Thank you Bob. Not big in the conspiracy theories but given the lack of paper trail and his total contempt for America, I honestly believe he wasnt born here.
Posted by: Elric66 | May 22, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Well, Elric, the smoking gun that Obama may have at the very least dual citizenship (which disqualifies him from being President) is the trip he made to Pakistan when they weren't letting Americans travel there. I thought I read an article that stated they had gotten his transcripts from one of the schools he attended and he was getting aid as a foreign student from Indonesia.
Posted by: 90 | May 22, 2009 at 07:32 AM
All of you are crazy. Just plain old crazy.
Posted by: me | May 22, 2009 at 08:46 AM
I am both horrified and disgusted.
Posted by: Tara | May 22, 2009 at 02:55 PM
90,
Wouldnt surprise me one bit.
Posted by: Elric66 | May 22, 2009 at 03:01 PM
what conutry is obama most likely from?
um douschebagistan
Posted by: IHopeMichelleObamaFails | May 22, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Dear me,
"All of you are crazy. Just plain old crazy."
Crazy about what?
Posted by: The REAL Bob | May 22, 2009 at 04:19 PM
we're crazy insne right-wing extremists for not agreewing with obama honestly just ignore the troll and he will most likely fly off on his broom
Posted by: IHopeMichelleObamaFails | May 23, 2009 at 06:06 PM
Yeah IHMOF,
Morons like "me" come, spew out their drivel, then leave, never to return. Cowards and idiots. They know they're wrong or they would stay and defend themselves.
Posted by: The REAL Bob | May 23, 2009 at 06:21 PM