Operation Overlord-65 years later

On June 6, 1944, approximately 1465 American soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause for freedom and to liberate a continent from Nazism. Sixty five years later, we remember the sacrifice of the greatest generation and the affect that they had on the future of the world. There are those, including myself, that think the world has forgotten the lessons of World War Two and the genesis of that conflict. Approximately Seventy million people were killed in a war that could have been prevented. If the world leaders of the time would have taken Hitler at his word (Mein Kampf) and exhibited some strength during Hitler's adventurism, this costly war could have been prevented.

Today we find ourselves in a similar situation, where a nation threatens the existence of Jews and world peace and once again world leaders want to negotiate with a mad man to secure peace in our time. It was naive then and it's naive now. Pure evil cannot be trusted nor can it be negotiated with. Evil must be confronted and destroyed before it can inflict death upon the world. Sixty five years after 6 million Jews were exterminated by one mans final solution, we face another man that promises to wipe Israel of the face of the map.

I pray that President Obama was truly moved by his visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp and will rise to the challenge of the 21st century Hitler. It will take the courage of men like those of Point du Hoc to prevent another preventable war.

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