Moe Lane

I would be remiss if I did not note that today is D-Day; when American, Australian, British, Canadian, and New Zealander forces* began the long, difficult process of delivering occupied Europe from evil.  We were fortunate to have men this brave:

Would that we will never need such bravery again.

Moe Lane

*With the help of Dutch, French, Norwegian, and Polish ones.

It is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Normandy landings – and it’s been obviously discussed in great detail around the ‘Net.  Anything that I could add has probably been said already, so I will merely note the date and my profound respect and admiration for those men who fought and died to liberate Western Europe.

[UPDATE] Actually, this bugs me a little about myself that I felt the need to publish the above self-indulgent blather.  It’s all true, of course – but it’s also pretentious of me to pretend that the universe was waiting for me to type that out.

Sorry to bother you with it.

RS’s Mark Impomeni lets us know that we’re snubbing the French for a change:

Reports out of London indicate that President Barack Obama declined an inviation from French President Nicholas Sarkozy to visit Normandy’s Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer on his way to Strasbourg for the NATO summit last week. The Daily Telegraph reports that White House officials travelled to France last month to discuss the visit with their counterparts on Sarkozy’s staff. But one American official familiar with the negotiations said that President Obama never had any intention of making the stop over.

The Telegraph also indicates that the French claims that Obama will be in Normandy for the 65th anniversary of D-Day have not been corroborated by the White House.

[rubbing head with hands] (more…)