Then vs. Now...

Sit back, relax, grab a cool adult beverage.  This one will take awhile...

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I was just thinking.  We came from "Our Greatest Generation," we were told.  That's the one that saved us and the entire world from the horrors of Nazism and Marxism and communism.  Our generation proved to the world that we had bought and paid for our Freedom.  The Freedom some of us still hold so very dear.  The one I fought for.  The one so many of my fellow veterans fought for.  That one.    

So how, I wondered, would today's generation answer such a call?  A future call of such monumental import?  Would they save our bacon?  Again?  Or would they fold like a cheap suit?    

                          Then:

Just imagine.  It was early in the morning of April 14th, 1945.

Members of the 445th Bomb Group were all quietly assembled to receive their briefing prior to their mission.  The single most important mission of our military up to that time.  

8,000 bombers, in fact, were assembled that morning into the very largest bombing raid in history.  Bomb groups from the U. S. and Canada and Poland and the United Kingdom were focused on destroying the factory that built the Messerschmidt ME-262, the German's jet fighter "doomsday" weapon.

The ME-262 was revolutionary.  It flew at more than 500 mph with a service ceiling of 35,000 feet, when the best we had was propeller-driven and more than 100 mph slower.  It scared the crap out of the allies, hence that morning's bombing raid.  Featuring the B-24 "Liberator," my favorite bomber.

The B-24 was 74 feet long, 18 feet high, and with a wingspan of 100'.  It could fly at more than 300 mph and higher than 30,000 feet.  It could also carry 8,000 lbs. of bombs and fly for 3,000 miles without refueling.  It was so essential to our war effort that Ford Motor Company dedicated a one mile-long assembly plant in Dearborn, MI, to build them.  A phony city with hundreds of empty houses was built nearby to fool any spies that might peek in.  And they covered it with netting, like you use to keep out birds, to try and hide the plant from the air.  Toward the end of the War, Ford Motor (Get a Load of This!) was turning out a brand-new B-24 every 56 minutes!

They, along with other companies, made more than 18,000 of these bombers during the War.  It carried a crew of 10, including a nose gunner, two waist gunners, the ball turret gunner and the famous tail gunner.  They each had a .50 caliber machine gun and lots of ammo.  

BTW, there was almost no way out in the event the bomber was shot down.  Sort of "clarifies the mind," as they say.  That certainly served as incentive to shoot straight.  Very straight.

Each of the 10 men chosen for that morning's mission climbed into their Liberators and lumbered off into destiny.  None of them knew if, and/or when they would return.  They were tasked with destroying the Waffendorf Air Base in Eastern Germany, some 1,500 miles away, where the ME-262 was being manufactured.  They succeeded.  The base was completely destroyed and the "doomsday" weapon was defanged.  

All 265 of the 262's undergoing manufacture were destroyed in the raid that day, paving the way for the Allies ultimate victory.  But three of our Liberators, and their crews, were shot down.  Brave young souls, averaging only 20 years old, gave their lives that day so that we could live free.  They volunteered.  Volunteered to save us, and all who come after us, from tyranny.  We pray for their souls.  

                           Now:

Harvard University just dedicated what they call a "Cleansing Space" for all those who were "triggered" by the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.  They were horrified that so many Black people had to die, and that a White nationalist murderer got to go free.  Of course, you know that all of the wounded and dead, all of the participants in fact, were White!  See what happens when you actually pay attention to the Left-wing cable news channels?*  When the world does?  They wind up dumber...

Oh yeah, and Levi Strauss has provided its pansy sheeple with a "Fireside Chat," to be lead by their own "Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer," Elizabeth Morrison.  (The fact that there's a "Chief" indicates, BTW, that there's got to be more than one of them, right?  Perhaps there's too much profit in a pair of Levi's jeans.)  That's worrisome in and of itself... 

A Clinical Psychologist" who specializes in these things (what things?) will be along for the ride as they "Zoom" their little "Chat" out to their triggered masses.  Most likely cowering in fear behind tightly-closed blinds.  

And so you don't think Taxifornia escaped this public display of idiocy, humiliation and self-flagellation, Long Beach State is hosting a "Debriefing" for all their students, teachers and faculty having a tough time over the Rittenhouse verdict, wherein "counseling and psychological services" staff will be present.  They didn't indicate it, but I'm sure crying towels will be provided as well...    

What do you think would happen if that metaphorical "balloon" were to go up today?  That "world-ending" balloon?  What if one of our many enemies decides to test our mettle, once again?  And the current generation's families and friends - and maybe kids - are on the line?  And what if those now sucking their thumbs over Kyle Rittenhouse going free and "global warming" killing us all and the "rich" not paying their "fair share" were called upon to now rise up and defend us and our Nation?  Like we did, and our forebears did before us?  How do you think they'll respond?  

Sorry to maybe poke a hole in your "balloon."

*  Among the most horrifying bits of news out the past year was the results of a Pew Poll, where some 62% of the American public stated they received "all, or substantially all" of their news from Yahoo and Google.  Silicon Valley fiefdoms dedicated to destroying Conservatism, both.  And, considering these outfits have admitted to censoring the news they deign to share with their sheeple, or even disappearing it entirely (no Hunter Biden laptop, no open southern border, no XL-Pipeline closure, etc., etc., etc.), perhaps the only thing surprising is that the half of America that relies on these socialists for information get as much of it as they actually do!