[johnleeknoefler]

The first time an American President has directly criticized his own country while overseas. It's an insult to every American
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Our American arrogance in alphabetical order
1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France... A total of 2289

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium... A total of 5329

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France... A total of 4410

4. Brookwood, England - American Cemetery... A total of 468

5. Cambridge, England... A total of 3812

6. Epinal, France - American Cemetery... A total of 5525

7. Flanders Field, Belgium... A total of 368

8. Florence, Italy... A total of 4402

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium... A total of 7992

10. Lorraine , France... A total of 10,489

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg... A total of 5076

12. Meuse-Argonne... A total of 14246

13. Netherlands, Netherlands... A total of 8301

14. Normandy, France... A total of 9387

15. Oise-Aisne, France... A total of 6012

16. Rhone, France... A total of 861

17. Sicily, Italy... A total of 7861

18. Somme, France... A total of 1844

19. St. Mihiel, France... A total of 4153

20. Suresnes, France... A total of 1541


Apologize to no one.
Remind those of our countrymen who sacrificed all and don't confuse arrogance with leadership.
The count is 104,366 brave Americans who gave their lives for the freedom of others.

And we have to watch an American elected leader who apologizes to Europe and the Middle East that our country is "arrogant"?!?

HOW MANY FRENCH, DUTCH, ITALIANS,
BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON
OUR SOIL... AFTER DEFENDING US
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES?
WE DON'T ASK FOR PRAISE...
BUT WE HAVE ABSOULUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE!

[Warack60]

Ugh some more jingoistic bullshit without substance. First off, my entire family has served in the military with at least 1 member in each generation going back to the Revolution. However, I also don't like Obama for many reasons besides this fairly innocuous statement about our disregard for invading Iraq against the advice of most of Europe which isn't treasonous. I must say I am not in the military as having to pick up and move every 3-5 years your entire life gets old fast. Anyways I only mention this to say you represent the country and the people in it and have pride in the service for the people. Politicians are the ones sending our military to war so having pride in their decisions has no bearing on your patriotism. Their is a reason most of the military is supporting Ron Paul, over all the other candidates combined. He has said that America has bred this political environment of policing the world, and admitted our role in creating the situation we have now especially in the Middle East. However it isn't America doing this, it is a small segment of politicians pulling the strings, then screaming treason if someone says the wars since pretty much WW2, have been unconstitutional with few exceptions, Afghanistan being one.

Anyways I wish our leadership would apologize for the ridiculous foreign policy of our political leaders poor decisions including Obama, who is now setting up a war with Iran.

The people who serve the country in the military are some amazing people, but the politicians sending them to war non-stop are self-serving scumbags.

BTW I believe there are quite a few French military buried in the US for their service during the American Revolution, not that the decision to help us wasn't self-serving or anything .

[meejo]

America leaders of the world? - behave!

our country is arrogant and dismissive. plain and simple.

[Feirefiz]

Well, John, Obama might not have met your feelings and those of the other american patriots and conspiracy theorists. But he definetely met the feelings of a vast majority of the Europeans, since the Bush-Administration covered the rest of the world with a policy of arrogance, greed, hubris and...torture, for example? Don't you think that there must be broad anti-american ressentiments precisely among those people that had to suffer under Hitler? Also, what casualties do you list up here? Can you tell me, or don't you know it yourself? I think these are casualties from WWI...well, a hundred thousand for me does not seem to be very much if you compare it to the totals of 30 Millions? And you're absolutely right: No German, no French, no Belgian neverever defended American soil. Why? Oh, this might be, because there has never been an international war on American soil, because Americans tend to wage wars in other parts of the world? And after loosing a handful of Bankers on 9/11, they went to Iraq to kill about 200.000...honourable! I'm afraid, that most Europeans confuse arrogance with THIS kind of "leadership", lol...

[luton loyal]

[johnleeknoefler]

Originally Posted by Feirefiz ↗

Well, John, Obama might not have met your feelings and those of the other american patriots and conspiracy theorists. But he definetely met the feelings of a vast majority of the Europeans, since the Bush-Administration covered the rest of the world with a policy of arrogance, greed, hubris and...torture, for example? Don't you think that there must be broad anti-american ressentiments precisely among those people that had to suffer under Hitler? Also, what casualties do you list up here? Can you tell me, or don't you know it yourself? I think these are casualties from WWI...well, a hundred thousand for me does not seem to be very much if you compare it to the totals of 30 Millions? And you're absolutely right: No German, no French, no Belgian neverever defended American soil. Why? Oh, this might be, because there has never been an international war on American soil, because Americans tend to wage wars in other parts of the world? And after loosing a handful of Bankers on 9/11, they went to Iraq to kill about 200.000...honourable! I'm afraid, that most Europeans confuse arrogance with THIS kind of "leadership", lol...

Well, John, Obama might not have met your feelings and those of the other american patriots and conspiracy theorists.

You write it like it's somehow wrong to be an American Patriot and paint all who would want and open government with "conspiracy theorists". Only it's not a theory if it's a fact.

But he definetely met the feelings of a vast majority of the Europeans,

Unfortunately he was elected to represent the people of the USA, rather than the interests of Europe.

since the Bush-Administration covered the rest of the world with a policy of arrogance, greed, hubris and...torture, for example?

Obama has merely continued and expanded the Bush policies. Where Bush sought the consensus of congress to wage war, Obama has waged war without consensus of congress. GITMO is still holding prisoners in spite of the promises of Obama to discontinue that practice. Where Bush had renditions of our citizens to foreign nations to be tortured Obama has now extended that to include extrajudicial killings of US citizens.

Don't you think that there must be broad anti-american ressentiments precisely among those people that had to suffer under Hitler?

Well now, I think you should explain to me how removing the NAZI regime makes Germans resent Americans. I guess Germans are still nostalgic for that regime?

Also, what casualties do you list up here? Can you tell me, or don't you know it yourself? I think these are casualties from WWI...

1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France... A total of 2289

The 42.5-acre Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial in France, its headstones lying in a sweeping curve, sits at the foot of the hill where stands Belleau Wood. The cemetery contains the graves of 2,289 war dead, most of whom fought in the vicinity and in the Marne valley in the summer of 1918. The memorial chapel sits on a hillside, decorated with sculptured and stained-glass details of wartime personnel, equipment and insignia. Inscribed on its interior wall are 1,060 names of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. During World War II, the chapel was damaged slightly by an enemy shell.

Belleau Wood adjoins the cemetery and contains many vestiges of World War I. A monument at the flagpole commemorates the valor of the U.S. Marines who captured much of this ground in 1918.

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium... A total of 5329

The approach drive at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium leads to the memorial, a stone structure bearing on its façade a massive American eagle and other sculptures. Within are the chapel, three large wall maps composed of inlaid marbles, marble panels depicting combat and supply activities and other ornamental features. Along the outside of the memorial, 462 names are inscribed on the granite Tablets of the Missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The façade on the far (north) end that overlooks the burial area bears the insignia, in mosaic, of the major U.S. units that operated in northwest Europe in World War II.

The 90-acre cemetery contains the graves of 5,329 of our military dead, many of whom died in the 1944 Ardennes winter offensive (Battle of the Bulge). The headstones are aligned in straight rows that form a Greek cross on the lawns and are framed by tree masses. The cemetery served as the location of the Central Identification Point for the American Graves Registration Service of the War Department during much of the life of the Service.

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France... A total of 4410

The Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Saint-James, Normandy, France, near the northeastern edge of Brittany. It contains the remains of 4,410 of World War II American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy and Brittany campaigns of 1944. Along the retaining wall of the memorial terrace are inscribed the names of 498 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of soldiers who have been found.

4. Brookwood, England - American Cemetery... A total of 468

World War I Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial, within the grounds of Brookwood Cemetery
This 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site lies to the west of the civilian cemetery. It contains the graves of 468 American military dead and a further 563 with no known grave are commemorated. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

5. Cambridge, England... A total of 3812

The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England, 30.5 acres in total, was donated by the University of Cambridge. It lies on a slope with the west and south sides framed by woodland. The cemetery contains the remains of 3,812 of our military dead; 5,127 names are recorded on the Tablets of the Missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. Most died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.
There are 4,410 American military personnel buried in the cemetery. Their 4,408 headstones are set in 16 fan-shaped plots, curving from the central mall. The dead came from every state in the Union and the District of Columbia. Ninety-five of the headstones mark graves of "unknowns;" two of these graves contain the remains of two Unknowns that could not be separated. In twenty instances, two brothers are buried side by side. Among those buried in the cemetery are two Medal of Honor recipients, Sherwood H. Hallman and Ernest W. Prussman.

At the far (east) end of the mall is a rectangular stone cenotaph of LaPyrie granite designed by Lee Lawrie and executed by the French sculptor, Augustine Beggi. Carved upon it are a torch and laurel wreath in bas-relief and the words:
“PROPATRIA 1941-1945.”

6. Epinal, France - American Cemetery... A total of 5525

The Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in France, 48.6 acres in extent, is sited on a plateau 100 feet above the Moselle River in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains. It contains the graves of 5,255 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the campaigns across northeastern France to the Rhine and beyond into Germany. The cemetery was established in October 1944 by the 46th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the U.S. Seventh Army as it drove northward from southern France through the Rhone Valley into Germany. The cemetery became the repository for the fatalities in the bitter fighting through the Heasbourg Gap during the winter of 1944-45.

7. Flanders Field, Belgium... A total of 368

The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium occupies a 6.2-acre site. Masses of graceful trees and shrubbery frame the burial area and screen it from passing traffic. At the ends of the paths leading to three of the corners of the cemetery are circular retreats, with benches and urns. At this peaceful site rest 368 of our military dead, most of whom gave their lives in liberating the soil of Belgium in World War I.

8. Florence, Italy... A total of 4402

The Florence American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy covers 70 acres, chiefly on the west side of the Greve "torrente." The wooded hills that frame its west limit rise several hundred feet. Between the two entrance buildings, a bridge leads to the burial area where the headstones of 4,402 of our military dead are arrayed in symmetrical curved rows upon the hillside. They represent 39 percent of the U.S. Fifth Army burials originally made between Rome and the Alps. Most died in the fighting that occurred after the capture of Rome in June 1944. Included among them are casualties of the heavy fighting in the Apennines shortly before the war's end. On May 2, 1945, the enemy troops in northern Italy surrendered.

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium... A total of 7992

At the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, covering 57 acres, rest 7,992 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives during the advance of the U.S. armed forces into Germany.

10. Lorraine , France... A total of 10,489

The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 113.5 acres and contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II in Europe, a total of 10,489.

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg... A total of 5076

The Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, 50.5 acres in extent, is situated in a beautiful wooded area. The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944 by the 609th Quartermaster Company of the U.S. Third Army while Allied Forces were stemming the enemy's desperate Ardennes Offensive, one of the critical battles of World War II. The city of Luxembourg served as headquarters for General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army. General Patton is buried here.

12. Meuse-Argonne... A total of 14246

Within the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France, which covers 130.5 acres, rest the largest number of our military dead in Europe, a total of 14,246. Most of those buried here lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I

13. Netherlands, Netherlands... A total of 8301

The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands. The cemetery site has a rich historical background, lying near the famous Cologne-Boulogne highway built by the Romans and used by Caesar during his campaign in that area. The highway was also used by Charlemagne, Charles V, Napoleon, and Kaiser Wilhelm II. In May 1940, Hitler's legions advanced over the route of the old Roman highway, overwhelming the Low Countries. In September 1944, German troops once more used the highway for their withdrawal from the countries occupied for four years.

14. Normandy, France... A total of 9387

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 and the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its ½ mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations.

15. Oise-Aisne, France... A total of 6012

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in France contains the remains of 6,012 American war dead, most of whom lost their lives while fighting in this vicinity in 1918 during the First World War.

16. Rhone, France... A total of 861

The site of the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial in France was selected because of its historic location along the route of the U.S. Seventh Army's drive up the Rhone Valley. It was established on August 19, 1944 after the Seventh Army's surprise landing in southern France.

On 12.5 acres at the foot of a hill clad with the characteristic cypresses, olive trees, and oleanders of southern France rest 861 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the liberation of southern France in August 1944

17. Sicily, Italy... A total of 7861

The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy covers 77 acres, rising in a gentle slope from a broad pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees. Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,861 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arcs on broad green lawns beneath rows of Roman pines. The majority of these men died in the liberation of Sicily (July 10 to August 17, 1943); in the landings in the Salerno Area (September 9, 1943) and the heavy fighting northward; in the landings at Anzio Beach and expansion of the beachhead (January 22, 1944 to May 1944); and in air and naval support in the regions.

18. Somme, France... A total of 1844

The World War I Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in France is sited on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside. The 14.3-acre cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 of our military dead. Most lost their lives while serving in American units attached to British armies, or in operations near Cantigny.

19. St. Mihiel, France... A total of 4153

The World War I St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial in France, 40.5 acres in extent, contains the graves of 4,153 of our military dead. The majority of these died in the offensive that resulted in the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient that threatened Paris.

20. Suresnes, France... A total of 1541

Originally a World War I cemetery, the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial just outside Paris, France now shelters the remains of U.S. dead of both wars. The 7.5-acre cemetery contains the remains of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I and 24 Unknown dead of World War II. Bronze tablets on the walls of the chapel record the names of 974 World War I missing

well, a hundred thousand for me does not seem to be very much if you compare it to the totals of 30 Millions?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
It was well over 60 million and higher depending on how you are counting. Do you really, seriously think that USA was to blame? Your ignorance is only exceeded by your dishonesty.

And you're absolutely right: No German, no French, no Belgian neverever defended American soil. Why?

We do get our legend of Daniel Boone from when he fought the French during the French and Indian wars of the early 1700's. It was during the fighting of the French that the early Colonials began to think of themselves as Americans rather than French which soon helped give rise to the American Revolution. And I don't see why the Germans would ever have been here dying for our freedom. Unless you are ignorant of history this should not surprise you. And of course we have no graves for Belgium soldiers who died defending American Idealism and freedom. Because they never cared to come help us.

Oh, this might be, because there has never been an international war on American soil

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We have had several International wars on American soil. War with Canada and Mexico and Britain. I suppose they no longer teach history in Germany.

And after loosing a handful of Bankers on 9/11,

3,000 dead in one unprovoked attack? That's a handful? They were people from all walks of life.

they went to Iraq to kill about 200.000

Actually Bush sent troops to Afghanistan as a response to this attack. Iraq was unrelated in spite of what you may think.

...honourable! I'm afraid, that most Europeans confuse arrogance with THIS kind of "leadership", lol...

Without America to come to it's defense all of Europe might still be under the NAZI boot.

[Billthegravedigger]

Our government has forced multi-cultural suicide on us. To the point that speaking out against tyranny is now considered to be hate speech.
Speaking out against massive illegal immigration is now considered racism by the Lame Stream Media/Government complex.

Damn John, you hate speaching fucker !!!

[Feirefiz]

You write it like it's somehow wrong to be an American Patriot and paint all who would want and open government with "conspiracy theorists". Only it's not a theory if it's a fact.

Okay then: Patriots, ditsy flag-off-showers and unpainted conspiracy factists...

Unfortunately he was elected to represent the people of the USA, rather than the interests of Europe.

And literally most unfortunately this "being elected by a bunch of farmers and haters" makes him the most powerful politician in the world.

Obama has merely continued and expanded the Bush policies. Where Bush sought the consensus of congress to wage war, Obama has waged war without consensus of congress. GITMO is still holding prisoners in spite of the promises of Obama to discontinue that practice. Where Bush had renditions of our citizens to foreign nations to be tortured Obama has now extended that to include extrajudicial killings of US citizens.

Oh, you understood me wrong. I don't make any differnce between the one arrogant prick and the other. They're all the same for me! I don't care, if the one has sent the troops there to cover the whole world with blood, to establish injust prisons a.s.o. and the other one just sent more drones to achieve just the same! Y'know, Clinton bombed a factory for medicine, Bush waged the first iraq-war, Reagan had these laser-weapons and this list could be continued infinetely...

Well now, I think you should explain to me how removing the NAZI regime makes Germans resent Americans. I guess Germans are still nostalgic for that regime?

No. Why do you think this? Is it because, when there where demontrations for peace in Germany in 2002, American newspapers titled "Hitler's children marching"? Please, tell me a bit more about american anti-peace-propaganda and how they achieved to plant the seed of hate in your people!

It was well over 60 million and higher depending on how you are counting. Do you really, seriously think that USA was to blame? Your ignorance is only exceeded by your dishonesty.

What dishonesty? Your graves do not only hold WWII-casualties but ALSO some from WWI. You should read your own sources before you copy-paste them. So, I have to admit, I was wrong and right at the same time! Not really a problem since modern historians tend to sum up these two wars under the name of the "Second Thirty-Years-War", because there was no real peace in the time between them and because WWII derived from WWI and its effects. Then we deal with more than a hundred Million dead and about 600.000 american casualties, but this won't change anything: Europeans will not suck up to the Americans as you would obviously like to see it.

We do get our legend of Daniel Boone from when he fought the French during the French and Indian wars of the early 1700's. It was during the fighting of the French that the early Colonials began to think of themselves as Americans rather than French which soon helped give rise to the American Revolution. And I don't see why the Germans would ever have been here dying for our freedom. Unless you are ignorant of history this should not surprise you. And of course we have no graves for Belgium soldiers who died defending American Idealism and freedom. Because they never cared to come help us.

I'm sorry, I've never heard of this "legendary" Daniel Boone. The only "Boone" I know is from "Lost". But when you are in the 18th century already: why didn't the Americans learn from the crusades in the Dark Middleages?

We have had several International wars on American soil. War with Canada and Mexico and Britain. I suppose they no longer teach history in Germany.

Bwahaha! You call these "International Wars"? I suppose they teach no history but "licking the flag" in the states.

3,000 dead in one unprovoked attack? That's a handful? They were people from all walks of life.

Yes, it's a handful. There will be more casualties in Afghanistan due to unexploded bombs in the next few years. And calling 9/11 "unprovoked"...well, THIS is american arrogance, lol.

Actually Bush sent troops to Afghanistan as a response to this attack. Iraq was unrelated in spite of what you may think.

So you think we should add all the dead in Afghanistan to these 200.000? I don't think this doesn't make the numbers any better. And on the other hand side you still have a handful of bankers and underpayed cleaners and a few Afghan girls that can go to school, IF they live in Kabul. Ah, sorry, I forgot the pipelines!

Without America to come to it's defense all of Europe might still be under the NAZI boot.

Yes, this is right, but you still seem to be totally ignorant about the fact that there is this ressentiment since the U.S. waged an unjust war and since they sent payed murderers to Afghnistan and Iraq.

[Billthegravedigger]

Yes, this is right, but you still seem to be totally ignorant about the fact that there is this ressentiment since the U.S. waged an unjust war and since they sent payed murderers to Afghnistan and Iraq.

I am not ignorant about the ressentiment towards us, I just don't care. Iraq was wrong to be done that way by us, but look at his track record. He deserved to die, but in another way.

Trashcanistan on the other hand had it coming. They knew what was up, but still would not turn Ossama beenfuckeduphisass Laden.