Seeing them smiling and so happy with their lives is very rewarding and a bonus. The cherry on top is giving them the treatment they deserve. It is such a remarkable reward.
Simply beautiful. These men do not get enough thanks for what they did for our country and our world. I start NROTC in just over a year. Can't wait to serve alongside men such as these. Semper Fi.
It is not the soldiers place to debate policy, or determine whether or not the president is right or wrong. Our place is fighting for the freedoms that the USA has, and to protect our way of life. I don't agree with your opinion but I will fight to the death to protect your right to say it.
Instead, it is there place to be obedient automatons and blindly carry out the orders given to them , regardless if those order promote or advanced liberty or not . Regardless if members of the military violate the property rights of other people and you yourself would regard such actions criminal , if you were placed in another context. They don't protect my freedom, they protect the status quo. If they protected freedom, I and every other resident of the US should possess absolute liberty.
I want to get my Dad to Washington to see the Memorial. He is 85 and the caregiver for my mother with Alzheimers' disease. Logistically, he would have to spend the day away from my mother and travel from Virginia to Washington. He would so love to see the memorial, and I would love to see it with him. We could find someone to be with my mother for a day, perhaps, and I could travel from Ohio with enough notice. I just don't want to miss seeing this with him!
Recently I captured on film WWII vets (and others) at the DC Vietnam Memorial Wall on my XconTV YouTube channel. I hope this message of "I'm Sorry" resonates with the Greatest Generation.
without them Krupps and Japs will rule the world...but we got to admit, US didn't really success at European war because The Soviet arrived first in Berlin. in Pacific Theater US did success
@Izkzmach the US didnt success in europe huh? i think we did pretty good being the only country to sucessfully fight a two front war. russia only had to fight 1 enemy, and it was only a third of their army. The russians also conscripted millions of civilians only to lead them into suicidal assaults as bait to draw the germans into their artillery. Dispicable tactics if you ask me, and a horrible waste of life.
my gr8 grandpa was in world war II We should appreciate them bc without them... we wouldnt be here today. we'd b slaves! So my honor goes to the 50 starz on da flag representing 50 statez ~Holly
Agree with you, we should respect them! One thing is frustrating though: I have never seen a WW2 movie showing "other nations" fighting the Nazi. The Russians for example, were very important on the defeat of Germany, or countries like Brazil which defeated the Germans in Italy.
The Brazilians didn't see fighting anywhere near as fierce as the British, Americans, and Russians. There have been a LOT of of movies about the Russians.
Wow! We could all learn a lot from this generation if we allow ourselves. You can tell by some of these posts how lazy and selfish we've become. Does anyone know the name of the volunteer organization?
We are ALL Americans and to bicker on this comment area is ludicrous---Thank You greatest generation --we will never know the half of what you have done for the rest of us........
@Yawn - we've been closing bases for 30 years now because we have private businesses building our war products ;part of the 670 billion dollars a years we now spend for our military (China spends - 85 billion a year.) In reality the Feds are what holds the country together. These great veterans fight for the US not Texas, RI, Montana...
What a moving video - Visiting that memorial was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I am so thankful for the Greatest Generation. My only regret is that both of my grandfathers (Army/Navy) will never see it. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
@bundlesjr we had the opportunity to thankfully take my grandfather to the wwii memorial before he passed away. he was a POW during the war. It felt so great to be able to bring him there. Since his service my father was in itaq during desert storm and i also served in the army during iraqi freedom. Be safe when your over there and we all hope you come home safe to your family as well.
@Pkr I disagree. The federal government has overstepped its bounds. It mettles into local and state issues. The federal government has decided that we need to intervene across the globe. We don't need military bases criss crossing the globe while we close bases here at home. Our military may be doing great humanitarian work, but frankly that is not their job. The Peace Corp should be doing that.
Let's ignore the fact that the US were aggressors in WW2 and remember that anyway you look at at, they were just cleaning up their own imperial mess from the First World War, and what allowed them to wage that war? I imagine the willingness of dumb kids like these to put on the uniform and be proud to "serve."
right...that poor victim hitler "target of imperial agression". ya i gave you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you weren't attempting to portray adolf hitler as a victim..but by your response i guess i shouldn't have.
I'd rather you not strawman me. If I wanted to call Hitler a victim, that's what I'd call him. You're the one that brought up the "enemies" of these imperial powers, I was just trying to describe the actions of those powers themselves regardless of who's on the receiving end of that aggression.
So Hitler and the Militaristic Japanese government should have been allowed to continue to murder millions, because Britain and France screwed up with the treaty of Versailles, that makes total sense
There are two things I really like about your post: 1. that you think that was the motivation for war (hi Stalin, Mao, Pol pot, Rwanda, Darfur...) 2. That you think the one truly evil enemy the US has ever fought justifies all the militarism that inspired every other intervention and imperial venture including the one that caused it.
Guest? How do you say we were the aggressors when the Jap's bombed us at Pearl Harbor? And the US and many allied forces went to stop the Nazi's. Lets get facts straight, you obviously read another history book than me. Who wrote yours?
Mine includes this thing called Lend Lease, must be some crazy conspiracy nonsense. I'll make sure to look into it further since America is always the helpless victim of unprovoked attacks from "rogue" and "maniacal" enemies of our precious freedom.
These men deserve our Thanks, Praise, and Respect. Men like them make it possible so shit for brains like you can express your dumbass opinions publicly.
You're absolutely right, It's men like these keeping other men (incidently identical to them) from stifiling my freedoms. I really should've seen my hypocrisy a long time ago, thank you.
Providing supplies to one party of a conflict and not another isn't exactly what I'd call neutrality. You want to talk about acts of aggression? How about all of the sanctions we put on Japanese oil imports? It is well documented that Roosevelt wanted in on the war but didn't want to appear to be an aggressor, so he basically sold out all the men that died at Pearl Habor for political expediency.
By the way, you don't have to do anything with your genitals that you don't want to.
The show is called Reason. If reason is used ruthlessly, and I know I'm going to get slammed for saying this: war is only possible because governments exist. They do everything at the point of a gun. Only chaos and destruction can come from violence like this.
Am I being insensitive to the people who were brainwashed and forced the point of a gun into going to war? I genuinely feel sorry for them.
But I am not sorry for not buying into the bullshit that there is any honor in killing people.
re defense: agreed, though not at a state level but individual and massive cooperative level for me.
What is our way of life? propping up dictators, arming them then fighting them, all making military-industrial-government complex "necessary" and rich? because that's what it is and has been about. beating down past mistakes after suffering from them.
most of what our gov does is not worth defending and should be let wither and die due to free men withdrawing their consent and funds.
That isn't true. War has existed, as revealed by archaeology long before any sort of regulated government existed. Even chimps engage in tribal warfare. Gangs, Terrorists and religious zealots may have leaders and organization, but they are not Governments as we understand the term. As for honor in killing, its completely situation dependent. I think it IS honorable to have a smoking gun, a dead rapist and an unviolated woman,in the same way as it is honorable to serve to fight tyranny.
Yes, but the implication is that all wars on all sides are unjust, which is not true. There may well have been pacifist nations on earth, but history is silent on them because they would have been destroyed. Self preservation, especially on the side of freedom and self determination is a necessary if not good thing. While it is true that all wars are bad in the sense that people die and things are broken, it is also true that there are occasionally (perhaps rarely) good reasons for war.
Dear God, you people need to get a life. How about recognizing these people's service and quit debating policy for the 5 minutes it takes to watch this.
My dad was a Navy veteran of WWII. He was injured when his destroyer (USS Nelson DD 623) was struck by a German torpedo while screening for the Normandy invasion. He never talked about it, though he lost 25 of his ship mates. These old guys are true heroes.
I guess to some people, recognizing the heroes that protect all our freedoms is too "jingoistic" and they have to lash out on the youtube comments, which is a shame
No, there are some of us that are not snowed by the fact that Armistice Day (celebrating the end of a war) was re-branded Veterans Day (celebrating the righteousness of war) and understand that NONE of the wars so many of our brothers and sisters have died in have been righteous.
Winston Churchill speaking the truth in 1936:"America should have minded her own business and stayed out of the World War. If you hadnt entered the war the Allies would have made peace with Germany in the Spring of 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by Communism, no breakdown in Italy followed by Fascism, and Germany would not have signed the Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned Nazism in Germany."
quote continued:"If America had stayed out of the war, all these isms wouldnt to-day be sweeping the continent of Europe and breaking down parliamentary government, and if England had made peace early in 1917, it would have saved over one million British, French, American, and other lives."
Keep that faith, keep your courage, stick together, stay strong, do not yield, do not flinch, stand up, we're Americans, we're Americans, and we'll never surrender! They will!
I think you could demonstrate pretty certainly that if the US hadn't joined the fray, the war would not have ended with the treaty of versailles.
zets - you're unconscious in a pod being bled by a monsters that have you convinced they serve you. I'm just here trying to help folks that want out to see it.
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The military is the reason why we have to pay all the taxes we have to pay and do all the shit we're told to do. Without the military the state would just be some benign organization we could change on a whim, but they've got the guns so we have to be the slaves.
IVoteNone, You must be talking about our foreign policy, which involves hundreds of thousands of troops spread out in over 100 countries. That's what costs us money. If we brought our troops home, we could have national security without breaking the bank.
No I'm specifically talking about state power to tax and legislate. If it wasn't for the military there could be no income tax, no monopoly on the currency, no passports, no federal department of (insert bureaucracy). State power lies in the ability to coerce. Law enforcers only provide this in limited capacity. Without the military no one would listen to congress or the president because neither would have any real power.
Obviously without coercive force the power of the government would be greatly diminished to the point that states and individuals could basically ignore its laws/decrees, etc. BUT, without a military, the US would be conquered by aggressive totalitarian countries and subjected to complete loss of freedom, rather than the partial (yet still substantial, unfortunately) loss of freedom we are currently dealing with. The military is not the problem - there was a military long before the income tax
Yes but we both know its not the troops faults, they are under orders doing their jobs.... its the polticians, special intrests and other fatcats that give out the orders.
ur confusing the miltary with the people that run the military and the ppl that decide how much money the military gets. its the power hungry dicks in washington that are to blame for the lack of forward progress in this country. the military is more often misused than not, but it is important that we have a standing army
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i agree, im from germany.
it wasnt just the us soldiers. it were so many people from other countrys too.
but since worldwar 2 most soldiers dont die for freedom, even if they are told so. most die for big corporations and crazy governments in my opinion. (Vietnam, Israel/Gaza, Afghanistan and more)
There is nothing much like a holiday devoted only to people who are dumb enough to join the army, to be slaves of the government and who are willing to kill for a paycheck. By respecting them we are only encouraging the next generations to do the same fueling the fires of war.
I am a veteran and I can tell you there is nothing glamorous about being in the military or going to war.
Our men and women are being used like disposable matches in unconstitutional occupations to promote immoral resource wars, greed, and neocon ideological agendas.
No one says 'it's glamorous' but they have the courage to take up arm to protect us. Of course there are always some military personnel like yourself who are disenchanted but as a whole, it is a noble cause. For example, if we did not take up arm against Hitler, we are probably exterminated because America is not a pure race. There is evil in the world.
CivilRadiant, The veterans in the video were World War II vets. That was a constitutional war -- Congress did declare war. But I understand your point.
The constitution is not an argument. It's an arbitrary piece of paper. I can write a constitution that says killing is ok and print it off microsoft word or write it on an old piece of parchment with a feather pen and it wouldnt make killing ok. The Constitution of some European countries permits the state to take and do practically anything it wants, but it doesn't make it ok just because it's written on a piece of paper.
Wow, you need to hit the history books because you have a flawed understanding of the American Constitution. Power, ultimate power resides with the human citizen, and the these rights are secured by the government thanks to the Declaration. The constitution codifies these natural rights. You need to study a little more. Look tot the Federalist papers. A good place to state.
"Wow, you need to hit the history books because you have a flawed understanding of the American Constitution."
The constitution has been irrelevant. It hasn't done anything.
"ultimate power resides with the human citizen"
According to the constitution but the constitution isn't reality. The constitution doesn't do anything. In reality, which differs from your idealism, power resides in the people with the most guns. Physical force is where political power resides.
Yes, you could write a constitution that says anything you want, but Jabez01 is right - our Founding Fathers believed that the Bill of Rights was an enumeration of very real, immutable, and God-given/natural rights. Maybe you think it's arbitrary, but that doesn't mean it's arbitrary, and it doesn't mean that it's not a codification of actual real natural rights.
The constitution is arbitrary because it doesn't do anything. It's just words on paper written a couple hundred years ago. It's supposed to stop the government from growing and becoming more powerful but it's a complete failure.
I don't see the Constitution as a failure. It's a failure of the citizens. The constitution is a moral document for freedom, but if the citizens give all of their responsibilities to the government, then you have what we have now - encroaching enslavement and nannyism.
The government doesn't ask when it assumes responsibilities. And it can't be a failure of the "citizens" because the "citizens" don't have the guns! The government is not the servant and we are not the masters. They have the guns, we don't. It's as simple as that.
Jefferson called for a revolution ever 20 years. Some people think he was being metaphorical. He was not. He knew the nature of politicians and that the people had to control them, usually with violence or the threat of violence.
And I don't know about you, but I've got plenty of guns. :-)
Then fire your pistols, shotguns, and AK 47s at the airforce as they swoop by you and fire an explosive at your house with pinpoint accuracy. A revolution is not feasible. The state has overwhelming force that we can not conceivably resist, and states will use all power at their disposal to crush any attempted overthrow. If they need to they'll really honestly bring out the tanks and the bombers.
I do not believe the military will fire on civilians. I could be wrong, but it looks like you and I are not going to agree on many matters here. Best of luck to you.
Funny you should say that. I took a pretty big pay cut recently, but because it moved me down into the next tax bracket, it wasn't as bad as I thought. I'm earning less, but paying a lot less in taxes.
And you've noticed the huge drop in government revenue? You'd think they'd learn something from that...
Gandhi got lucky. He was dealing with (at the time) the most civilized people on the planet, the British. The British voluntarily gave up the huge burden of subsidizing India because it was in their best interests. If it had been Germans or Italians he would have died on the first sit in and no one would have remembered his name.
For example look how bad the Indians got creamed by a handful of muslim shooters in Mumbai just recently.
So do you think that now is the time for armed rebellion?
I'm ready to help with a plan that will restore our Republic, but I am not going to sign on to a suicide mission.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
I agree that there is a time to stand up and defend one's rights using guns. I'm just saying that right now, in this situation, Gandhi's strategy is more likely to be effective.
We still have the battleground of public opinion to fight in. If we win there, less blood will be shed.
Yes. I've taken an American poli sci class. Reading the constitution was most of the class. Reading the constitution will make you aware of just how irrelevant the constitution is.
When people who are obsessed with the constitution say "power resides with the people", or "the government can't do (insert whatever)! It's unconstitutional!" they're really just confusing what they think should be with what is in reality. They are completely detached from reality because they think the constitution is reality. Actually the constitution has had very little influence on the American political system. It does just about nothing.
I have read the constitution because an introductory poli sci course. I've read the entire document over the course of two semesters and was tested on the material. But it doesn't matter if I've read it or not. I could just as easily have read the constitution of fairytale land and it would've told me just as much about the American government. The constitution is only very faintly related to the American government. The American government and the constitution are not the same thing.
Not your fault you got it, (it is the fault of each voter who voted for any incumbent who made an un-constitutional vote) but still your responsibility to do something, no matter how small, to change it.
That totally captures the magic of the Honor Flight program. Please support this cause and make sure that every vet who wants to see their memorial gets the chance!
Seeing them smiling and so happy with their lives is very rewarding and a bonus. The cherry on top is giving them the treatment they deserve. It is such a remarkable reward.
voiceforveterans 1 week ago
My dad entered WWII on D-Day at Omaha Beach,he was in the
78th Lighting Division.He was in the Battle of the Bulge and the
Ardennes,he went back to Europe in the 80s to see a memorial
of Fallen Soliders of WWII, I'm sure it brought tears to his eyes.
He recieved 3 Purple Hearts,Silver Star,Bronze Star and others,
he would have wanted to see the memorial in DC but he died in
96.I find it hard to compare my self to the sacrifice my DAD and
other Brave Men and Women gave for Freedom of others.
froadrashracing 2 weeks ago
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froadrashracing 2 weeks ago
It's true. Not only to veterans, but to all of us.
felpaluche 1 month ago
Simply beautiful. These men do not get enough thanks for what they did for our country and our world. I start NROTC in just over a year. Can't wait to serve alongside men such as these. Semper Fi.
SemperFidelis2016 8 months ago
Hey, I cried............smoking!!
VIKING33NY 1 year ago
It is not the soldiers place to debate policy, or determine whether or not the president is right or wrong. Our place is fighting for the freedoms that the USA has, and to protect our way of life. I don't agree with your opinion but I will fight to the death to protect your right to say it.
Mimi1347 1 year ago
Instead, it is there place to be obedient automatons and blindly carry out the orders given to them , regardless if those order promote or advanced liberty or not . Regardless if members of the military violate the property rights of other people and you yourself would regard such actions criminal , if you were placed in another context. They don't protect my freedom, they protect the status quo. If they protected freedom, I and every other resident of the US should possess absolute liberty.
Pentazoid111 1 year ago
I want to get my Dad to Washington to see the Memorial. He is 85 and the caregiver for my mother with Alzheimers' disease. Logistically, he would have to spend the day away from my mother and travel from Virginia to Washington. He would so love to see the memorial, and I would love to see it with him. We could find someone to be with my mother for a day, perhaps, and I could travel from Ohio with enough notice. I just don't want to miss seeing this with him!
DEB50ERAN 1 year ago
Recently I captured on film WWII vets (and others) at the DC Vietnam Memorial Wall on my XconTV YouTube channel. I hope this message of "I'm Sorry" resonates with the Greatest Generation.
xcontv 1 year ago
i always show thanks for these veterans THANK YOU VETERANS!:) THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM!!!!!
360guitarfreak 1 year ago
If you stand at the memorial and listen to the sound of the water, it sounds like applause. 24/7 of eternal applause. The Greatest Generation.
600joe 1 year ago
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GERMANxEMPIRE 1 year ago
without them Krupps and Japs will rule the world...but we got to admit, US didn't really success at European war because The Soviet arrived first in Berlin. in Pacific Theater US did success
Izkzmach 2 years ago
@Izkzmach the US didnt success in europe huh? i think we did pretty good being the only country to sucessfully fight a two front war. russia only had to fight 1 enemy, and it was only a third of their army. The russians also conscripted millions of civilians only to lead them into suicidal assaults as bait to draw the germans into their artillery. Dispicable tactics if you ask me, and a horrible waste of life.
grimm61111 1 year ago
@Izkzmach But if we could get a percentage on that success it would definatly have to be around 80 to 99%.
Holden599GTB 1 year ago
my gr8 grandpa was in world war II We should appreciate them bc without them... we wouldnt be here today. we'd b slaves! So my honor goes to the 50 starz on da flag representing 50 statez ~Holly
melissabell141 2 years ago
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talk2malawyer 2 years ago
All of Europe owes these men for giving them the little bit of freedom they have left.
BigPurple121 2 years ago 2
Agree with you, we should respect them! One thing is frustrating though: I have never seen a WW2 movie showing "other nations" fighting the Nazi. The Russians for example, were very important on the defeat of Germany, or countries like Brazil which defeated the Germans in Italy.
rubroxato88 2 years ago 2
The Brazilians didn't see fighting anywhere near as fierce as the British, Americans, and Russians. There have been a LOT of of movies about the Russians.
bighitter42 2 years ago
@rubroxato88 Watch "Enemy at the Gates" battle for Stalingrad, great film based on historical fact.
boobtube1319 1 year ago
@boobtube1319 .Thank you! It's in my list.
rubroxato88 1 year ago
Wow! We could all learn a lot from this generation if we allow ourselves. You can tell by some of these posts how lazy and selfish we've become. Does anyone know the name of the volunteer organization?
ileft1985 2 years ago
@ileft1985 It's Honor Flight.
FafyrdGir 2 years ago
He's the one at 0:57 with the red hat!
DoomHippie 2 years ago
My Grandfather went on this!
DoomHippie 2 years ago
Really moving vid. thanks.
beethovenqueen 2 years ago
We are ALL Americans and to bicker on this comment area is ludicrous---Thank You greatest generation --we will never know the half of what you have done for the rest of us........
thomfing1 2 years ago 2
I think this would be a great charity to write a check to this holiday season.
illhavetraffic 2 years ago
@Yawn - we've been closing bases for 30 years now because we have private businesses building our war products ;part of the 670 billion dollars a years we now spend for our military (China spends - 85 billion a year.) In reality the Feds are what holds the country together. These great veterans fight for the US not Texas, RI, Montana...
Pkr 2 years ago
What a moving video - Visiting that memorial was one of the most moving experiences of my life. I am so thankful for the Greatest Generation. My only regret is that both of my grandfathers (Army/Navy) will never see it. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
mimihogan31 2 years ago 6
Brought me to tears. Going to Iraq in January. Thankful for those that fought.
bundlesjr 2 years ago 12
Goodluck, comeback safe
ponder2006 2 years ago 2
God Bless. Be Safe.
MyOtherShirtIsClean1 2 years ago
@bundlesjr we had the opportunity to thankfully take my grandfather to the wwii memorial before he passed away. he was a POW during the war. It felt so great to be able to bring him there. Since his service my father was in itaq during desert storm and i also served in the army during iraqi freedom. Be safe when your over there and we all hope you come home safe to your family as well.
roadrcr81082 11 months ago
wow. thank God for these men. and in regard to the men (and women) serving now... bring 'em home.
catobear1704 2 years ago
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Veterans are the backbone of this country but...
Tea Party Folks...
Graduate from public high schools and colleges,
driving on government built roads and hi-ways,
protected by government police, troops and fire,
assisted by government emergency responders to health conditions,
use government medicare and veterans services...
shout obscenities at the American government,
denounce and curse their government and its elected officials...
Are an embarrassment to the US.
Pkr 2 years ago
@Pkr I disagree. The federal government has overstepped its bounds. It mettles into local and state issues. The federal government has decided that we need to intervene across the globe. We don't need military bases criss crossing the globe while we close bases here at home. Our military may be doing great humanitarian work, but frankly that is not their job. The Peace Corp should be doing that.
YawnXen 2 years ago
Every where you put 'government" just substitute "tax payers". The government doesn't build or own anything.
stick1to2the3issue 2 years ago
Thanks
agilitypoos 2 years ago
Great job Laura- you are right the veterans don't get enough credit!
Kyguy922 2 years ago
Your service is much appreciated. God bless our veterans.
deftech79 2 years ago 2
Awesome video, very moving footage.
I salute all my Brothers and Sisters in Arms. And you as well for all you do.
Thank you for sharing this great video.
A Proud US Navy Veteran!
Absolutely 5 *****s
TunesNorth 2 years ago
Our benefactors. Bless them. Bless them. Bless them.
haypenny 2 years ago
One of the best I've seen. Thank you for bringing it to us.
Hudd1950 2 years ago
Thank you.
CorgiCapers 2 years ago
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I spit on these enablers
Guest655321 2 years ago
Your a fucking idiot... you call them enablers, i call them protectors
lzbobo128 2 years ago
I imagine the British felt the same way about the redcoats and the Romans about their legionnaires.
Guest655321 2 years ago
right because hitler is analogous to the enemies of ancient rome and britain...geez they need to let you out more guest.
stick1to2the3issue 2 years ago
Let's ignore the fact that the US were aggressors in WW2 and remember that anyway you look at at, they were just cleaning up their own imperial mess from the First World War, and what allowed them to wage that war? I imagine the willingness of dumb kids like these to put on the uniform and be proud to "serve."
Guest655321 2 years ago
Funny how you didn't address the fact that you were comparing the enemies of ancient rome and britain to hitler.
stick1to2the3issue 2 years ago
They're analogous in that they're all targets of imperial aggression... Thought that was kind of implied, but okay.
Guest655321 2 years ago
right...that poor victim hitler "target of imperial agression". ya i gave you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you weren't attempting to portray adolf hitler as a victim..but by your response i guess i shouldn't have.
stick1to2the3issue 2 years ago
I'd rather you not strawman me. If I wanted to call Hitler a victim, that's what I'd call him. You're the one that brought up the "enemies" of these imperial powers, I was just trying to describe the actions of those powers themselves regardless of who's on the receiving end of that aggression.
Guest655321 2 years ago
You called Hitler the target of imperial agression. That is portraying him as a victim. No strawman at all.
stick1to2the3issue 2 years ago
So Hitler and the Militaristic Japanese government should have been allowed to continue to murder millions, because Britain and France screwed up with the treaty of Versailles, that makes total sense
monkeyfire087 2 years ago
There are two things I really like about your post: 1. that you think that was the motivation for war (hi Stalin, Mao, Pol pot, Rwanda, Darfur...) 2. That you think the one truly evil enemy the US has ever fought justifies all the militarism that inspired every other intervention and imperial venture including the one that caused it.
Guest655321 2 years ago
Guest? How do you say we were the aggressors when the Jap's bombed us at Pearl Harbor? And the US and many allied forces went to stop the Nazi's. Lets get facts straight, you obviously read another history book than me. Who wrote yours?
rschwerdt 2 years ago
Mine includes this thing called Lend Lease, must be some crazy conspiracy nonsense. I'll make sure to look into it further since America is always the helpless victim of unprovoked attacks from "rogue" and "maniacal" enemies of our precious freedom.
Guest655321 2 years ago
These men deserve our Thanks, Praise, and Respect. Men like them make it possible so shit for brains like you can express your dumbass opinions publicly.
rschwerdt 2 years ago
You're absolutely right, It's men like these keeping other men (incidently identical to them) from stifiling my freedoms. I really should've seen my hypocrisy a long time ago, thank you.
Guest655321 2 years ago
how does lend lease make the attack on Pearl Harbor any less of an act of aggression from an expansionist dictatorship?
Go fuck yourself guest. That or pull your head out of your ass.
themeatloaf360 2 years ago
Providing supplies to one party of a conflict and not another isn't exactly what I'd call neutrality. You want to talk about acts of aggression? How about all of the sanctions we put on Japanese oil imports? It is well documented that Roosevelt wanted in on the war but didn't want to appear to be an aggressor, so he basically sold out all the men that died at Pearl Habor for political expediency.
By the way, you don't have to do anything with your genitals that you don't want to.
Guest655321 2 years ago
This is the day to take notice.
These are the guys who put themselves on the line.
The guys who saved the world from the totalitarian dictators in WWII
I thank them.
averagejoe040 2 years ago 3
The show is called Reason. If reason is used ruthlessly, and I know I'm going to get slammed for saying this: war is only possible because governments exist. They do everything at the point of a gun. Only chaos and destruction can come from violence like this.
Am I being insensitive to the people who were brainwashed and forced the point of a gun into going to war? I genuinely feel sorry for them.
But I am not sorry for not buying into the bullshit that there is any honor in killing people.
furyofbongos 2 years ago
You're an idiot.
AlexTaldren 2 years ago
@furyofbongos,
ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNEES MAN.
Do you have a clue about what tyrannical egomaniacal psycho bastards inhabit this planet?
The good living in our society has blilnded too many people to the real dangers of the world.
averagejoe040 2 years ago
"tyrannical egomaniacal psycho bastards inhabit this planet" and get jobs in government and military. that's why we shouldn't have either.
No idea has retarded human progression so much as thinking the way things are done now, or were done in the past, is the best or only way.
thinkchip 2 years ago
@thinkchip,
Point is - tyrannical egomaniacal psycho bastards are often the Head of State of countries other than the U.S.
We must be prepared to defend our country and our way of life.
I think we are worth defending.
Other people (including our current president) may disagree.
averagejoe040 2 years ago
re defense: agreed, though not at a state level but individual and massive cooperative level for me.
What is our way of life? propping up dictators, arming them then fighting them, all making military-industrial-government complex "necessary" and rich? because that's what it is and has been about. beating down past mistakes after suffering from them.
most of what our gov does is not worth defending and should be let wither and die due to free men withdrawing their consent and funds.
thinkchip 2 years ago
That isn't true. War has existed, as revealed by archaeology long before any sort of regulated government existed. Even chimps engage in tribal warfare. Gangs, Terrorists and religious zealots may have leaders and organization, but they are not Governments as we understand the term. As for honor in killing, its completely situation dependent. I think it IS honorable to have a smoking gun, a dead rapist and an unviolated woman,in the same way as it is honorable to serve to fight tyranny.
kev3d 2 years ago 4
@kev3d - you are correct about chimps and non-governed humans engaging in the initiation of violence.
As for the kind of wars such as those in the context of veterans day, they can only come from of the violence of taxation which is government.
furyofbongos 2 years ago
Yes, but the implication is that all wars on all sides are unjust, which is not true. There may well have been pacifist nations on earth, but history is silent on them because they would have been destroyed. Self preservation, especially on the side of freedom and self determination is a necessary if not good thing. While it is true that all wars are bad in the sense that people die and things are broken, it is also true that there are occasionally (perhaps rarely) good reasons for war.
kev3d 2 years ago
Ah, simpler times: Overt enemies. No guerrilla bs. Thanks for your gift to the world, veterans!
Donyvi 2 years ago
wow.. what amazing heros.. saved us from tyranny.
milfrie 2 years ago
Dear God, you people need to get a life. How about recognizing these people's service and quit debating policy for the 5 minutes it takes to watch this.
Slveryder 2 years ago 13
honor the warrior, not the war. great video
stefminus 2 years ago
My dad was a Navy veteran of WWII. He was injured when his destroyer (USS Nelson DD 623) was struck by a German torpedo while screening for the Normandy invasion. He never talked about it, though he lost 25 of his ship mates. These old guys are true heroes.
NAGGERNUTZ 2 years ago 5
w00t
dudestaff 2 years ago
Jeez folks, can't we just leave the politics at the door. This is about honoring the vets from that era.
And please don't forget: WE WERE ATTACKED !!
cvjimbo 2 years ago 10
I guess to some people, recognizing the heroes that protect all our freedoms is too "jingoistic" and they have to lash out on the youtube comments, which is a shame
hisoj 2 years ago 3
No, there are some of us that are not snowed by the fact that Armistice Day (celebrating the end of a war) was re-branded Veterans Day (celebrating the righteousness of war) and understand that NONE of the wars so many of our brothers and sisters have died in have been righteous.
thinkchip 2 years ago
How would you have dealt with german aggression during WW2? Its easy to gripe and whine but finding solutions is a little more difficult.
XCritonX 2 years ago
not griping, nor whining. Pointing out reality.
Winston Churchill speaking the truth in 1936:"America should have minded her own business and stayed out of the World War. If you hadnt entered the war the Allies would have made peace with Germany in the Spring of 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by Communism, no breakdown in Italy followed by Fascism, and Germany would not have signed the Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned Nazism in Germany."
thinkchip 2 years ago
quote continued:"If America had stayed out of the war, all these isms wouldnt to-day be sweeping the continent of Europe and breaking down parliamentary government, and if England had made peace early in 1917, it would have saved over one million British, French, American, and other lives."
thinkchip 2 years ago
Churchill always denied saying it.
mshirley99 2 years ago
Keep that faith, keep your courage, stick together, stay strong, do not yield, do not flinch, stand up, we're Americans, we're Americans, and we'll never surrender! They will!
BullnBearAnalytics 2 years ago
WC was speaking his opinion, not truth. Truth is a demonstrable fact, opinion is our unproven hypothesis.
XCritonX 2 years ago
I think you could demonstrate pretty certainly that if the US hadn't joined the fray, the war would not have ended with the treaty of versailles.
zets - you're unconscious in a pod being bled by a monsters that have you convinced they serve you. I'm just here trying to help folks that want out to see it.
thinkchip 2 years ago
You're a douche.
zetsway5000 2 years ago
I actually cried.
goingalt 2 years ago 10
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The military is the reason why we have to pay all the taxes we have to pay and do all the shit we're told to do. Without the military the state would just be some benign organization we could change on a whim, but they've got the guns so we have to be the slaves.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
IVoteNone, You must be talking about our foreign policy, which involves hundreds of thousands of troops spread out in over 100 countries. That's what costs us money. If we brought our troops home, we could have national security without breaking the bank.
MooseOfReason 2 years ago
"You must be talking about our foreign policy.."
No I'm specifically talking about state power to tax and legislate. If it wasn't for the military there could be no income tax, no monopoly on the currency, no passports, no federal department of (insert bureaucracy). State power lies in the ability to coerce. Law enforcers only provide this in limited capacity. Without the military no one would listen to congress or the president because neither would have any real power.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
Obviously without coercive force the power of the government would be greatly diminished to the point that states and individuals could basically ignore its laws/decrees, etc. BUT, without a military, the US would be conquered by aggressive totalitarian countries and subjected to complete loss of freedom, rather than the partial (yet still substantial, unfortunately) loss of freedom we are currently dealing with. The military is not the problem - there was a military long before the income tax
strongbadXCP 2 years ago
What percentage of the Iraqi people do you think are actively resisting the US occupation?
Guest655321 2 years ago
Yes but we both know its not the troops faults, they are under orders doing their jobs.... its the polticians, special intrests and other fatcats that give out the orders.
bittergunowner12 2 years ago 2
ur confusing the miltary with the people that run the military and the ppl that decide how much money the military gets. its the power hungry dicks in washington that are to blame for the lack of forward progress in this country. the military is more often misused than not, but it is important that we have a standing army
johncrazy8s 2 years ago
Wow. This made me cry
IOnlyHaveARightWing 2 years ago 6
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i agree, im from germany.
it wasnt just the us soldiers. it were so many people from other countrys too.
but since worldwar 2 most soldiers dont die for freedom, even if they are told so. most die for big corporations and crazy governments in my opinion. (Vietnam, Israel/Gaza, Afghanistan and more)
always undeclared and unconstitutional wars
Krampfarsch 2 years ago
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There is nothing much like a holiday devoted only to people who are dumb enough to join the army, to be slaves of the government and who are willing to kill for a paycheck. By respecting them we are only encouraging the next generations to do the same fueling the fires of war.
vainamoinen17 2 years ago
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Oh, go to Hell.
CountArtha 2 years ago
Yeah, the men who died in WW2, fighting agains Hitler, were all fools that deserve no respect indeed. You are a fool.
BrokenMikrofone 2 years ago
vainamoinen17:
You are a stupid child.
JCJ77 2 years ago
I am a veteran and I can tell you there is nothing glamorous about being in the military or going to war.
Our men and women are being used like disposable matches in unconstitutional occupations to promote immoral resource wars, greed, and neocon ideological agendas.
Disgusting & Sad.
CivilRadiant 2 years ago
Then we keep voting for them.
JCJ77 2 years ago
No one says 'it's glamorous' but they have the courage to take up arm to protect us. Of course there are always some military personnel like yourself who are disenchanted but as a whole, it is a noble cause. For example, if we did not take up arm against Hitler, we are probably exterminated because America is not a pure race. There is evil in the world.
ecandlcubed 2 years ago
actually that's exactly how msm and most christian churches portray it; as "glamorous" which is immoral.
The name used to be armistice day which is what it needs to be changed back to.
Research the difference between the two names and their different meanings.
CivilRadiant 2 years ago
CivilRadiant, The veterans in the video were World War II vets. That was a constitutional war -- Congress did declare war. But I understand your point.
MooseOfReason 2 years ago
"That was a constitutional war.."
The constitution is not an argument. It's an arbitrary piece of paper. I can write a constitution that says killing is ok and print it off microsoft word or write it on an old piece of parchment with a feather pen and it wouldnt make killing ok. The Constitution of some European countries permits the state to take and do practically anything it wants, but it doesn't make it ok just because it's written on a piece of paper.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
Wow, you need to hit the history books because you have a flawed understanding of the American Constitution. Power, ultimate power resides with the human citizen, and the these rights are secured by the government thanks to the Declaration. The constitution codifies these natural rights. You need to study a little more. Look tot the Federalist papers. A good place to state.
Jabez01 2 years ago
"Wow, you need to hit the history books because you have a flawed understanding of the American Constitution."
The constitution has been irrelevant. It hasn't done anything.
"ultimate power resides with the human citizen"
According to the constitution but the constitution isn't reality. The constitution doesn't do anything. In reality, which differs from your idealism, power resides in the people with the most guns. Physical force is where political power resides.
IVoteNone 2 years ago 3
Yes, you could write a constitution that says anything you want, but Jabez01 is right - our Founding Fathers believed that the Bill of Rights was an enumeration of very real, immutable, and God-given/natural rights. Maybe you think it's arbitrary, but that doesn't mean it's arbitrary, and it doesn't mean that it's not a codification of actual real natural rights.
alvintownsend 2 years ago
The constitution is arbitrary because it doesn't do anything. It's just words on paper written a couple hundred years ago. It's supposed to stop the government from growing and becoming more powerful but it's a complete failure.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
I don't see the Constitution as a failure. It's a failure of the citizens. The constitution is a moral document for freedom, but if the citizens give all of their responsibilities to the government, then you have what we have now - encroaching enslavement and nannyism.
alvintownsend 2 years ago
The government doesn't ask when it assumes responsibilities. And it can't be a failure of the "citizens" because the "citizens" don't have the guns! The government is not the servant and we are not the masters. They have the guns, we don't. It's as simple as that.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
Jefferson called for a revolution ever 20 years. Some people think he was being metaphorical. He was not. He knew the nature of politicians and that the people had to control them, usually with violence or the threat of violence.
And I don't know about you, but I've got plenty of guns. :-)
alvintownsend 2 years ago
Then fire your pistols, shotguns, and AK 47s at the airforce as they swoop by you and fire an explosive at your house with pinpoint accuracy. A revolution is not feasible. The state has overwhelming force that we can not conceivably resist, and states will use all power at their disposal to crush any attempted overthrow. If they need to they'll really honestly bring out the tanks and the bombers.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
I do not believe the military will fire on civilians. I could be wrong, but it looks like you and I are not going to agree on many matters here. Best of luck to you.
alvintownsend 2 years ago
There's at least one historical example of tanks being used against citizenry in the U.S. That is the only time it has been necessary.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
I'm not ready to go mano-a-mano with the SWAT team.
But here is what we CAN do:
live frugally so you pay less in sales taxes, and so you can EARN less so you pay less in income taxes.
Barter, own gold, deal in cash.
Do what you can to avoid empower the govt that has lost it's legitimacy.
Gandhi knew that peaceful, non-violent non-cooperation works best when you are out-gunned as we are.
Time for Atlas to Shrug.
freesk8 2 years ago 3
Funny you should say that. I took a pretty big pay cut recently, but because it moved me down into the next tax bracket, it wasn't as bad as I thought. I'm earning less, but paying a lot less in taxes.
And you've noticed the huge drop in government revenue? You'd think they'd learn something from that...
alvintownsend 2 years ago 2
Gandhi got lucky. He was dealing with (at the time) the most civilized people on the planet, the British. The British voluntarily gave up the huge burden of subsidizing India because it was in their best interests. If it had been Germans or Italians he would have died on the first sit in and no one would have remembered his name.
For example look how bad the Indians got creamed by a handful of muslim shooters in Mumbai just recently.
Non-violence is the path to slavery.
XCritonX 2 years ago
So do you think that now is the time for armed rebellion?
I'm ready to help with a plan that will restore our Republic, but I am not going to sign on to a suicide mission.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
I agree that there is a time to stand up and defend one's rights using guns. I'm just saying that right now, in this situation, Gandhi's strategy is more likely to be effective.
We still have the battleground of public opinion to fight in. If we win there, less blood will be shed.
freesk8 2 years ago
our work or their guns, they can choose either but they can't have both.
oscar7557 2 years ago
have you ever read the US constitution?
Frances3654 2 years ago
Yes. I've taken an American poli sci class. Reading the constitution was most of the class. Reading the constitution will make you aware of just how irrelevant the constitution is.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
When people who are obsessed with the constitution say "power resides with the people", or "the government can't do (insert whatever)! It's unconstitutional!" they're really just confusing what they think should be with what is in reality. They are completely detached from reality because they think the constitution is reality. Actually the constitution has had very little influence on the American political system. It does just about nothing.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
yes, i know, if we followed the constitution, drugs would be legal (4th amendment).
but have you even actually read the constitution
Frances3654 2 years ago
I have read the constitution because an introductory poli sci course. I've read the entire document over the course of two semesters and was tested on the material. But it doesn't matter if I've read it or not. I could just as easily have read the constitution of fairytale land and it would've told me just as much about the American government. The constitution is only very faintly related to the American government. The American government and the constitution are not the same thing.
IVoteNone 2 years ago 2
true, so true
Frances3654 2 years ago
It only does nothing because people like you no longer value it.
freesk8 2 years ago
Yeah it's my fault I inherited the largest most powerful government in all of human history.
IVoteNone 2 years ago
Not your fault you got it, (it is the fault of each voter who voted for any incumbent who made an un-constitutional vote) but still your responsibility to do something, no matter how small, to change it.
freesk8 2 years ago
Great video! Those veterans did more for us than what many could imagine.
Infantry9 2 years ago 7
That totally captures the magic of the Honor Flight program. Please support this cause and make sure that every vet who wants to see their memorial gets the chance!
riddlefest 2 years ago 3
Our Greatest Generation.
abarzilai664 2 years ago 7
This is a great story. I only hope our boys from Iraq and Afghanistan are treated so well in their later years.
motormaker 2 years ago 14
That was just awesome.
I doubt this nation will ever see a finer group of men.
Thank you to all who served!
joshpnw 2 years ago 10
Thats the greatest generation of Americans this country will probably ever have.
cubano517 2 years ago 12
thank you for this video, God bless and keep you all.
LeGioNoFZioN 2 years ago 10
Simply awesome.
chevydriver1123 2 years ago 11