Yes, grim

Submitted by survivor (Netherlands), Apr 16, 2008 at 03:05

Americans do not have the monopoly on courage. I am an admirer of American courage but do not believe the Americans realise what courage the ordinary citizens of Europe exhibited during WW2.

Americans have never ever had to live under occupation or bombardaments of their cities. Whole cities bombed and burning in England with all at risk . many and repeated 9/11's !!! The European psyche was damaged beyond repair.

Your men fought (only after pearl harbour mind) but you have never been occupied by an invading oppressive force. The enemy around you and your women and kids every day! Make one wrong step or be betrayed and you and your kids are dragged off for interrogation, torture, camps and death!

yet there were still those with the courage to resist or hide Jews and allied pilots. You Americans can only imagine the horror , the never-ending nightmare of those times !

Stop your it's us against them mentality. We were in it together trying to halt Nazi domination. We are in it together now. Where is the so-called American courage when you i.e. allow muslims to misuse your public school system even, using public funds for islamic education Something Christians there can never achieve! You have capitulated to the muslims as much as we have, if not more from what we hear coming out of the US..

This time around, you Americans face the same threats within your own country ! Let us stand togetherand fight, as this is no time for criticising allies!!

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