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| D-Day on 6 June 1944 was the largest amphibious invasion in history and was vital in the defeat of the Nazis in the Second World War. Source: Forces Net |
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site gives the number of D-Day allied casualties as 156,000. Allied deaths totalled over 4,000 during Operation Overlord.
On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings we remember with gratitude all those who perished in conflict and grieve for families who lost loved ones defending our Island only to see their hard won freedom surrendered to an alien ideology. Examples here and here.
Churchill was right.
His resolve:
"We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
-Winston Churchill, House of Commons 4 June 1940.
His warning:
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
- From Churchill Gets the Last Word on Islam (Middle East Forum)
His warning must not go unheeded.
Postscript 13.06.2024
Darren Grimes on the madness of the West’s new religious double standards
https://x.com/darrengrimes_/status/1800868307148718315
Quite apart from seeing no connection (apart from the author/speaker) between Churchill's comments on Islam and D-Day, may I say that "The River War" from which this paragraph is taken dates from 1899, a time when British views on Empire and "foreigners" were very different to those generally held today. Moreover Churchill was still a young man (?24) when he wrote - who knows what his views would have been half a century later?
ReplyDeleteEncore Baptist Trainfan. Much as I generally agree AB's views and comments the above does seem to be clutching at straws to keep his circulation ratings going by encouraging the lunatic-fringe to chivvy in. And aged 24 was Churchill then also a journalist [?] and we all know what provocative nonsenses journalists write to win a few extra readers ... but don't necessarily believe a word of their penning
DeleteChurchill was right as was Enoch Powell.
DeleteSpineless treasonous snakes both.
Churchill had plenty of time and opportunity to change his views on Islam after 1899.
DeleteHe had no need to do so because he got it largely right first time.
The only update he should have made was amending
"the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men." to
"the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be."
Yes BT, Churchill recognised the threat in 1899 but many refuse yo see it in 2024 despite all the evidence available. As Raymond Ibrahim wrote in the link I provided:
Delete"The United Kingdom -- as well as many other Western nations and polities that host large Muslim populations -- has been learning the truths of this excerpt the hard way. As just one example, crime, including sex crimes, have soared -- unsurprisingly so, since "insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live," to say nothing of the aforementioned "degraded sensualism," "fanatical frenzy," and "slovenly systems." (It's the same all throughout European nations with large Muslim populations. In Sweden, violent crime has increased by 300% and rapes by 1,472% -- thanks to its burgeoning Muslim demographic.)"
More in the article referred to by clicking the link.
Well said Enoch and AB.
DeleteWhilst we're all commemorating the bravery of our young men 80 years ago, storming ashore through a hail of lead and shrapnel on the Normandy coast, in Wales we're treated to the sight of a weeping Vaughn Gething, feeling oh so sorry for himself because he lost a vote of No Confidence in Cardiff Bay.
Truly nauseating.
Well said Enoch.
DeleteAnd of course,Baptist Trainfan, Churchill would not have written 'Different to' .
ReplyDeleteChin chin.
Sir Ormicron Pi.
"That different can only be followed by from and not by to is a superstition" - Fowler's "Modern English Usage" (1926).
ReplyDeleteYawn.
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1926. Modern?
How long did it take you to dig out that one from an archive?
By that logic, BTF, there should not be a problem with 'similar from ' !
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Sir O.
It's apparently permissible in American English to say "different than" - although I've never come across it.
DeleteWe don't speak American English. Presumably you want to say/write sidewalk, gas, hood and Aluminum?
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Now this should be fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteHave you all got your popcorn at the ready?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/09/man-detained-in-mental-hospital-pakistan-gay-club/
Where's the marchers in London with their placards "Queers for Pakistan"?
Bewildered