35 Replies to “Omaha Beach, 2007”

  4. Does this mean we can eat french fries again? Oh wait, those are Belgian.
    I can’t remember: do we hate Belgians right now?

  6. “I can’t remember: do we hate Belgians right now?”
    Belgium is a Bildeberger hoax:
    “”Belgium Doesn’t Exist!”
    or “Land of Sprouts and Chocolate, I Think Not.”
    (or “België bestaat helemaal niet / La Belgique n’existe pas” for our imaginary friends)
    For too long we have been told lies.
    The existence of the supposed European country of Belgium has been taken as gospel for years by members of the Liberati. It has long been held up as a shining example of Liberal philosophies in action. However, now is the time the truth be known. Belgium doesn’t exist.
    Belgium is, and has always been, a leftist ruse; a device applied to propagate the Liberal agenda throughout the world. Hijacking a real country for this use would be difficult at best; the people living there wouldn’t stand for it (i.e. the fall of communism.) Thus the idea to invent an imaginary country, insert it into the global consciousness through the perversion of history, and use it as a tool of manipulation was born.
    …
    Not only would the Left have us believe in the existence of Belgium, they would have us think their illusory nation is a Shangri-La. Typical of the Liberal Media, we have been inundated with pro-Belgium propaganda: Belgians’ alleged superiority in the art of chocolate making; the reputed nutritional value of “Brussels sprouts”; how all quality diamonds can only be acquired through dealers in the mythical city of Antwerp; How french fries are actually a Belgian invention; and the “superior” martial artistry of Jean Claude Van Damme, the “Muscles from Brussels”. Furthermore, Mystery! on PBS (need I say more?) regularly depicts Belgians — such as Agatha Christie’s “Hercule Poirot” — as personable sleuths who always outsmart non-Belgians and uncover pro-Belgium versions of “The Truth.”
    http://zapatopi.net/belgium/?woo

  7. Nice gesture but that is all that it is. Anti-Americanism is what maintains French self esteem in the face of reality.

  9. “I knew it! That Trappist Ale stuff sounded too good to be true. God bless America! G.I. Joe!”
    Posted by: Ney! at July 22, 2007 9:04 AM
    Hey Ney!,
    Can’t figure it out. What font did they use in that ad?

  11. Too bad the French don’t mean it. This is just a stunt to promote the tourist idustry. After all, France, when you are not looking, will always–always–water the wine and double the price.
    In the end France’s new Muslim masters will bulldoze American servicemen buried in France and other places in Europe right into the sea, which is why these remains should be brought home now while we are still able to do so.
    And Canadian remais?

  12. Gee…where’d they find 2500 Frenchmen that don’t loath the US in the typical sneering, envious socialist charater of that nation?
    Did they import them from Loisiana?

  13. This should be taken at face value. Part of being a conservative is viewing people as individuals, not as clone like components of countries or other groups.
    I get as frustrated as anyone with the attitudes of some French politicians, media, and elites. But they are not amongst the gracious people in this video.
    Let’s leave group-think to the left; they are so much better at it.

  14. To me actions speak much louder than words. France often acts like it has forgotten. They need to be continually reminded.
    By the way, what about Juno Beach,eh?

  15. Having spent time in Normandy, the people there are amoung the most gracious and kind I have ever met in the 17 countrys I have visited.
    You will find more Canadian, American and British flags there then you are ever likely to see in any of those three countrys themselves.
    The people I met there do remember and honour what was done there.
    Unless you have met these people, might I suggest that your jaw ought not to be moving when you don’t know what you are talking about.

  17. Ahhh, I was waiting for our screaming inferiority complex to show up. Thanks a different Bob for not making us wait long.

  18. America… so far from perfect, but so much closer to perfect than any other nation on earth.
    I wonder what the average age was in that crowd.
    I wonder what we don’t see this on CNN or other MSM.

  20. Jim – I have been there and yes,many are grateful and do remember. However, burnt into my memory are the words written large on an American military cemetary – “VENEZ CHERCHER VOS DECHETS”.
    Translated “come get your trash”. I repeat – as time goes by France does need to be reminded.

  21. A good compromise might have been:
    “We 2500 will never forget”.
    They certainly don’t represent France.

  22. Having visited the battlefields and cemeteries, I agree with Jim.
    The graffiti a ‘different Bob’ saw wouldn’t have remained long enough for a second person to see it, I’m sure. (Why is it that only people like db see these things?)

  24. gellen – you agree with Jim – well woopy for you. What you don’t do is insinuate that I am a liar. That is when you can take your opinions and stuff them where the sun don’t shine and your brain lives.

  25. I will take this at face valuse and thank them for the effort. Perhaps there are a great number of French who don’t loath Americans but get shouted down by their leftist MSM? Just a thought.

  26. I’m in Normandy and much to my pleasant surprise, having just visited Omaha Beach, I can attest to the very grateful attitude of the French who live in this area toward the liberation efforts on June 6 1944. This is despite the tremendous devastation that took place here during the liberation period. They are able to see past that and understand it took force to overcome the Nazis.
    France is like Canada, it is very regionalized and its attitudes are literally all over the map.

  27. Actually, db, I am not calling you a liar. What I am actually saying is that wouldn’t you know that someone like you would see it and take it as an example of how most Frenchmen really view the Americans. Why didn’t you take it for what it was – a ‘fluke’ and that it would be quickly cleaned up.
    Sort of like Canadian young people who spray obscenities in Jewish cemeteries?
    And, please don’t speak to your grandmother like that.

  28. I was moved by this video. I hope France continues to make better decisions, allowing us to strengthen our ties with our estranged ally.

  29. Well, at least some of the older French people appreciate our sacrifice! After several years of hating the French (their leader and his politics), I will have to say that this moved me. I just wish it was not only the older generation that understands and appreciates history.
    Well, I still won’t buy any French wine, but I will respect the older generation in France. You do need to teach a bit of your history to your younger generation – heaven knows that the school system will not do it.

  30. gellen – there you go again. Where the sun don’t shine and your brain lives would be “in your ear” right? What were you thinking? Your brain lives somewhere else? For all we know maybe it does. Don’t try to sugar coat what your comment was. It is there for all to see and your intention was to question whether or not I was being truthful. Too bad the record is the record.

  31. I spent two years as an USAF physician in Chateauroux. in central France.Only the shopkeepers and prostitutes were able to tolerate the 35,000 American airmen at the base. The local politicians
    were uncooperative as were the local health officials. With the “status of Forces” agreement,
    we paid the French government American wages for the French employees we were forced to hire. The French paid them French wages and kept the difference. We had Jet bases circling Paris for its protection. The French assigned land for the bases which had
    little topsoil, hard under-soil and flooded easily. I found that, as an American, I was given rude and often delayed service in restaurants. I always carried the Guide Michelin so that the
    waiters knew I had an idea of proper prices. The
    STD rate was so high, and decent ladies would not
    socialize with us, I sent for my lady friend from
    Michigan. We were married at the American Church in Paris 51 years ago. In summary, I found most
    French people rude and irritating. My fsther’s
    ancestors were French from Straussburgh I was very
    glad to return home after my two year tour.
    Until DeGaul removed the American Military in 1959, The French screwed the USA out of Billions.

  32. Just remember, as someone on “Hollywood Squares” said in answer to the question, “Do female frogs croak?”
    “Sure, if you hold their heads under water long enough!”
    Sorry. Very inappropriate and non-PC. Domage!

  33. Andrew: “The existence of the supposed European country of Belgium has been taken as gospel for years by members of the Liberati. It has long been held up as a shining example of Liberal philosophies in action. However, now is the time the truth be known. Belgium doesn’t exist.”
    I thought Andrew was just trying to be funny; then I saw in the National Post today that the man picked by the Belgian King to be the next prime minister doesn’t know the words to the Belgian national anthem (disclaimer: neither do I!), and when asked to sing a few words, launched into the “Marseillaise”.
    Now I’m beginning to wonder what else Andrew knows that we don’t?!

  34. Well said, Capt Chas. Your words come from a person who has worked within the French system and knows it for what it is, unlike Gellen who just “visited” France but has knowledge that we can only dream of.

  35. It is still a touching gesture that some French people do remember and care. Even a few is better than none, and I appreciate they went out of their way to make an unpopular statement in their own country. I’ll take it!

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