Gen. Pershing Urges US, Rush Arms to Allies 1940/6/10

"Washington, DC: Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A.E.F. in France, says the 'Allies are fighting a war for civilization' and urges the country to send them unlimited supplies of planes, arms and ammunition!" (speech sound) (partial newsreel)

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[BamFor07]

A man that doesnt get the credit he deserves as one of Americas greatest.

[TravisB19]

We should do that in this war on terror

[porterdeena]

WE NEED ANOTHER GENERAL PERSHING!!

[rmrshinn]

too bad..he left his family, yup his family in the philippines.....he is my great grandfather...no wonder my grandfather john looks just like him.

[60sandReinhartlover]

I am related to him. he is my seventh cousin.

[soccer21928]

RIP General!

[soccer21928]

@Cyrus255 and it also doesnt mention that von stauffenberg and his brother believed the nazis aryan superiority, and if the tide hadnt turned against Germay, they probably wouldnt have tried to kill Hitler

[Cyrus255]

There is no disputing that had we not forced the Kaiser to abdicate, that 6 million jews would be alive. Even in the process of taking power, Hitler had to face down the monarchist, Paul von Hindenburg, who tried to stop him.

And the "Valkyrie" movie fails to mention that they were all monarchists (Ludwig Beck, von Witzleben, Stauffenberg were monarchists). People who believed in voting and Republics took NO action against Hitler. They wanted to "wait" for him to die and "vote" a new leader in.

[Cyrus255]

@1Dougy85 You realize Republics are democracies, right? All democracy means is rule of the people. The original greek democracies did not even have elections as Aristotle and others called elections aristocratic tyrannies (worse than monarchy in Aristotle's opinion). Real democracy was supposed to be "sortition", that is to be appointed by lottery, not by a popularity contest

Anywho, since you like Republics, did you forget Hitler (Weimar Republic), Stalin (Soviet Republics), Mao (pRc).

[1Dougy85]

@Cyrus255 Who spent a million lives bringing democracy?

The United States is a republic.

[Cyrus255]

@McLarenMercedes the irony of history is democracies are usually autocratic and monarchies, democratic. kings accept limits on powers, politicians accept no such thing.

WW1 should not have been fought. 6 million jews would be alive had we not spent a million lives "bringing democracy".

Republics = Genocide. Rome was the first genocider

Weimar REPUBLIC elected Hitler. Soviet Republic elected Stalin. The People's Republic elected Mao. Iran is a Republic. North Korea is a Republic. See a trend?