Trump Mocks France Over WWII Commemorations, Urges Greater U.S. Recognition

[BLMFem]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Correct, it's your opinion, which just happens to be wrong.  So wrong it's silly to even suggest the dodged he draft.

And that is the silliest thing anyone has written today. The cowardly cretin dodged the draft.

End of.

[Ricardo]

6 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

The only contribution France made to the war was to provide inspiration for a popular British sitcom, which took the piss out of all nationalities involved including ourselves of course.

I doubt the BBC has any plans to repeat any episodes lol

In fact that series is still being re-run, on UK-TV, very funny !  

[bannork]

34 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

NYT ... 

 

So you also have no clue how the selective service draft numbers work in the USA.   Have a nice day.

The fact is Trump sought a medical diagnosis to avoid any possibility of being drafted. The fact he was far down the queue is irrelevant. He actively sought to avoid being sent to Vietnam.

Fine, I would have gone to Canada if I was American, but when he criticised McCain for being taken prisoner the man was way out of line. 

He has no right to refer to aspects of military bravery, etc having deliberately avoided conscription.

[Red Forever]

So the bone spurs draft evading coward is spewing more lies , one being Hitler being recorded at the Eiffel Tower claiming France. It didn’t happen.
As this piece of sh*te slips further into dementia the rest of the world gratefully thanks those brave Americans who were mown down in the D Day landings especially on Omaha beach in our collective stance against fascism.

 I doubt that the Orange Moron could point to Normandy on a map.

[RJRS1301]

53 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

 

 

He did not even go selection, he got himself exempted before selection

 

Have a nice life

 

[Maybole]

5 hours ago, julsmark said:

These figures do not mention Australia and New Zealand stats. 
we lost many in both Europe and Japan. 

I agree

[simple1]

Trump is expert at shooting himself in the foot regards diplomacy. Personally I think his recent gratuitous remarks to ME leaders  quite nauseating., one can imagine them laughing about him behind closed doors

[KhunLA]

43 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

He did not even go selection, he got himself exempted before selection

 

Have a nice life

 

Nobody goes to selection.   They have a lottery, a number is assigned to you birthday.   You don't need to do anything, to dodge anything, you're not expected to be picked for.  How you all can't comprehend that is mind boggling.

 

Y'all are quite silly.   May want to deal with facts.   Not fake news.   I see the internet (CNN 🙄) states in op-ed, he received 4 deferments for collage, (as everyone did), which is completely irrelevant.   As he graduated college before his number was even drawn.  Why even mention it ???

 

Graduated May 1968, you need to be at college to be deferred for college.

SS draft # drawn 1970

 

He had # 356, they drafted up to 195 ...  END OF DISCUSSION

 

So daughter of foot doc, at age 6 or 7, in 1968/69, tells the tale of father's hearsay, that he did a favor for Trump, about 50 yrs after the fact .... 

 

Wonder how much she got paid for that story, so Steve Elder of NYT could report it, just before the 2016 election   hmm

 

Think it's safe to say, we can file that next to the Steele Dossier.

 

Accusing someone of dodging something that didn't need to be dodged.   Do y'all know how silly that sounds.

 

'Hey dude, I beat that traffic ticket'

.... 'that's cool, what was the ticket for?'

'I never got one'  😎

 

Let that sink in, take as long as you need.  Don't hurt yourselves.

 

BYE BYE

 

 

[JimGant]

5 hours ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Mocking the commemorations of V-E Day, which honors the sacrifice and cooperation of Allied nations in defeating Nazi Germany, can be deeply offensive to countries like France, which suffered heavy civilian and military losses,

 

The friggin' French virtually sat out the Normandy invasion, the wonderful Maginot Line warriors they are. The only Frenchman making any noise for the invasion was DeGaulle -- whose arrogance kept demanding he lead the invasion:

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On 6 June 1944, Operation Overlord launched the first wave of Allied forces onto the Normandy coast to free Western Europe of the Nazi yoke. Only 209 Frenchmen took part as infantrymen - 177 commandos and 32 paratroopers

 

Earlier, whole lot more Frenchmen were in defense of North Africa, and succeeded in killing a lot of Americans as they came ashore. Wonderful people, the French.

 

Here are the statistics for killed in the D-Day invasion:

 

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US: 2500 killed

UK: 1760 killed

Canada: 370 killed

 

French civilians paid a high price on D-Day; but no statistics on casualties for the mighty 209 French infantrymen -- I'm sure at least one wounded himself opening his K-ration can of escargots.

[JimGant]

6 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

The only reason it entered was because of Pearl Harbor. Otherwise, the USA would have been content to sit back and profit from the war.

 

And rightfully so. Most of our ancestors left Europe, and never looked back. Except one time: World War I, where, for some stupid reason, we got involved, and got 116,000 Americans killed for absolutely no reason. So, yeah, without Pearl Harbor, hopefully we would have been smart enough to let the Europeans settle just one more of their endless wars.

[dinsdale]

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

The US was involved before Pearl Harbor just hadn't officially  declared war. You obviously do not know your history regarding WWII. I suggest you research the the Atlantic  convoy crossings going from the US to the UK and the "lend lease" program. It is true that Pearl Harbor was the catalyst for the US declaring war on Japan and then Germany but it's equally as true to say the US were already involved. BTW The World at War a 26 part series narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier is IMHO the definitive WW II documentary.  

I've made an error here. Roosevelt didn't declare war on Germany. Hitler declared war on the US after Pearl Harbor.

[NoDisplayName]

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

so now you wish to criticise Trumps school conduct too  without any evidence of course...you need help

 

No silly.  I'm comparing Trump's military service.

 

"Hiding under the bleachers and daddy paying nursie for a get-out-of-service card"

[Mike_Hunt]

France was a good host to the Germans in WW2.

[Mike_Hunt]

4 hours ago, bannork said:

Trump dodged the draft. 4 times he got college deferment, the fifth time he got called up. The so called bone spurs he claimed as the reason he was medically unfit for, he never had 'treated'.

 Check out-Donald Trump Avoided the Military Draft 5 Times, Which Was Common - Business Insider

As did many other people.   The list includes Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. 

[Mike_Hunt]

7 hours ago, Maybole said:

The USA tried very hard to keep out of it while enriching its arms industry by billions. At the end of the war only the USA emerged with its economy enhanced. In fact the arms sales to Europe finally dragged the USA out of the lingering legacy of the great depression. Europe, especially the UK bankrupted itself holding off German aggression and the first US troops did not arrive until 1943 when the tide in Europe had turned.

Cool story bro.  

[Mike_Hunt]

Without the USA you Euros would be speaking Russian or German.   

[bannork]

2 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

As did many other people.   The list includes Bill Clinton and Joe Biden. 

Indeed, but this thread is about Trump.

[Mike_Hunt]

1 minute ago, bannork said:

Indeed, but this thread is about Trump.

I have no problem with people dodging the draft.  The draft is immortal. 

[Mike_Hunt]

The French flag should be the color white.  

[Mike_Hunt]

3 hours ago, BLMFem said:

And that is the silliest thing anyone has written today. The cowardly cretin dodged the draft.

End of.

The draft is immoral. 

[bannork]

52 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Without the USA you Euros would be speaking Russian or German.   

If Hitler hadn't attacked Russia we would be speaking German today. I tried learning German at school but couldn't hack the guttural pronunciation or challenging spelling. 

If the UK had to be conquered, either France or Thailand would be far better in my view, lovely languages and food.

What would have happened, btw, if Germany had conquered the UK?

Would Germany and Japan have teamed up to attack the US? 

[spidermike007]

8 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Describes yourself any many on the woke left very nicely. 

His devotees simply cannot handle truth. I am the least woke Democrat you will ever encounter. It doesn't matter to you. All democrats are bad in your narrow world view. We all drink the blood of babies in pizza parlor basements. Go ahead and continue with the inane self delusion.