http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640952/postsO'Reilly The Historian??
Vanity | 5/30/06 | Blau993
Posted on 05/30/2006 7:39:49 PM PDT by blau993
Sorry about the vanity. It is my first and hopefully my last, but this has me pretty well boiling.
I did a real double take this evening during Bill O'Reilly's conversation with General Wesley Clark. Talking about past incidents of wartime atrocities, O'Reilly twice mentioned Malmedy. The first time I merely thought it was out of place in what otherwise seemed to be a listing of atrocities committed against American troops. However, when Clark pushed him a little, O'Reilly spouted on about Malmedy being a massacre of SS Troops by Americans. It was, of course, precisely the opposite, but the learned Mr. O'Reilly seemed not to know that, nor did General Clark correct him. How dumb are we getting? Doesn't O'Reilly claim to have once taught history?
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To: blau993
Did he also mention that the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
To: blau993
Tell Bill that the Malmedy massacre was carried out by the 9th SS Pioneers of Kampfgruppe Peiper , of the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler". Somewhere between 130 and 170 American artillerymen who had been taken prisoner near the Malmedy crossroads were murdered. The man who fired the first shot was an SS Sturmmann named Georg Phleps. Convicted along with Peiper at Nuremberg were SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, CG, 6th SS Panzer Army, Hermann Priess, SS Brigadefuhrer and 6th SS pz. Army C/S, and the divisional commander. If Bill has questions, have him call me. I'll invite him into my "No BS/Bloviation Zone"
8 posted on 05/30/2006 8:10:47 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: RDTF
I don't know about Bill O'Reilly's background but Clark (4-Star General retired) graduated at the top of his class at West Point and was a Rhodes Scholar. He also had an impressive military career that spanned 40 years and is one of the most highly decorated miltary men in the country. He has been awarded the Silver Star, five Defense Distinguished Service Medals, four Legion of Merit Awards, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, two Bronze Star Medals and the Purple Heart.
9 posted on 05/31/2006 2:28:32 AM PDT by CentralMass
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Now - if we can't stand his lying, forced phone-sex face, and they think he is a blow-hard - who the hell is watching his show?!
Off to the shower!! The things I do for y'all!