Posting Towards Gomorrah

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
how quickly did we get all troops and bases out of Germany?

I don't know, but there weren't many getting shot at a couple years after the Mission was Accomplished.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I don't know, but there weren't many getting shot at a couple years after the Mission was Accomplished.

Well, not on the west side of the Iron Curtain.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, not on the west side of the Iron Curtain.

Did we have soldiers on the east side?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Did we have soldiers on the east side?

East side, West side, all around the town?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
East side, West side, all around the town?

Boys and girls together...


Okay, no one was paying attention on that one. I'll use Sidd's suggestion.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Boys and girls together..

Well played, playa. Is that the title?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
with the Marshall plan allowing us to ease out of physical occupation relatively quickly.

Last I checked, we still have air bases in Germany.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Spanky
The defeat of Germany would have accomplished both of those. Coming up through Italy would have accomplished that without risking a million drowned in the English Channel.

Are you forgeting that we, in fact, did try to come up thru Italy? A narrow and mountanious peninsula, with no room to manuever, made for rough slogging. Two years after landing (at the end of the war) we still were within Italy's borders.

Eisenhower correctly decided that the main push should be the direct one. Look at a map of Europe.

Invading at Normandy also had the benefit of being close to our supply lines and far from the Germans, and close to the bases of our tactical air forces. Neither of that was true about Italy, Greece, or anyplace else in what Sir Winston called "the soft underbelly."

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Are you forgeting that we, in fact, did try to come up thru Italy? A narrow and mountanious peninsula, with no room to manuever, made for rough slogging. Two years after landing (at the end of the war) we still were within Italy's borders.

Eisenhower correctly decided that the main push should be the direct one. Look at a map of Europe.

Invading at Normandy also had the benefit of being close to our supply lines and far from the Germans, and close to the bases of our tactical air forces. Neither of that was true about Italy, Greece, or anyplace else in what Sir Winston called "the soft underbelly."

Hey! I closed this thread! How did you get this effin post in!%^#%#$*&*&(&%*%&*^%$$*(*(()(*^oflcj<vmkjd !!!!

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
how quickly did we get all troops and bases out of Germany?

Do we have troops in Iraq now to keep the Iranians (they're a nice stand-in for the 200+ Red Army divisions, no?) out? Or because the Iraqis haven't stopped shooting at us/each other?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Do we have troops in Iraq now to keep the Iranians (they're a nice stand-in for the 200+ Red Army divisions, no?) out? Or because the Iraqis haven't stopped shooting at us/each other?

HEY! KNOCK OFF THIS SUPER-MODERATOR SHITE! I LOCKED THIS BAD BOY DOWN!!!!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

sorry -- moving over to the other thread

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
sorry -- moving over to the other thread

Sheesh, let's hope Hank didn't see this. More fodder for his recall campaign, no offence.