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I have been chastised.

By The Armorer on July 20, 2005 | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (1)
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A wee Irish-descended hater-of-Sassenachs and Defender of the Faith® bent over and mintily whispered in my ear today... "Today is the Anniversary of the Plot to Kill Hitler! Why don't I see it on Argghhh!?" Okay, he's not-so-wee, but, still, the rest applies.

My response? "I've mentioned it before." Of course, inspecting the archives, I"ve also deleted it for housekeeping purposes. Sigh.

Okay. Today is the 61st Anniversary of the Bomb That Failed. Stauffenberg's major tactical failure? He wanted to survive. He didn't. He didn't survive the day. He should have taken a page from the Mujahideen playbook. He'd have been a real hero then.

Oh, wait. It wasn't written yet. Never mind.

Heck, given what happened to several of the conspirators, he's lucky he just got shot.

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Give a nod to the "Good Germans" from CDR Salamander on July 20, 2005 6:12 PM

For those who missed it, today is the 61st Anniversary of the best attempt, albeit late, by the German military to take out Hitler before he took Germany down with him. That should serve as an example that even with the most hated ememy, there are... Read More

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By AFSister on July 20, 2005 10:28 AM
Did I miss it, or did you not post the death of Gen. Westmoreland? *sigh*
 
By John of Argghhh! on July 20, 2005 10:31 AM
You missed it - though in one respect you are correct, I didn't post it - Bill did. Two posts below your caption contest. More on Westmoreland, here.
 
By AFSister on July 20, 2005 10:55 AM
*hangs head in shame* sorry... i've been kinda pre-occupied. glad to see it was posted though!
 
By Cricket on July 20, 2005 1:21 PM
James Doohan in Earth life, died. You've been beamed up, Scotty. Rest in peace from a long time 'Star Trek' fan.
 
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