mikeandronda
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I found this on anouther message board.<br /><br />This is what you would hear if today's media reported on the D-Day<br />landings.<br /><br /><br />June 6, 1944. - NORMANDY - Three hundred French civilians were killed <br />and<br />thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion <br />of<br />continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children.<br />Most of the French casualties were the result of artillery fire from<br />American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to <br />the<br />landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a <br />makeshift<br />hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far<br />worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American<br />invasion was running high. "We are dying for no reason," said a <br />Frenchman<br />speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot <br />straight.<br />I never thought I'd say this, but life was better under Adolf Hitler."<br /><br />The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops,<br />tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and<br />thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed<br />that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out,<br />threatening the species with extinction. A representative of Greenpeace<br />said his organization, which had tried to stall the invasion for over a<br />year, was appalled at the destruction, but not surprised. "This is just<br />another example of how the military destroys the environment without a<br />second thought, " said Christine Moanmore. "And it's all about <br />corporate<br />greed." Contacted at his Manhattan condo, a member of the French<br />government-in-exile who abandoned Paris when Hitler invaded said the<br />invasion was based solely on American financial interests. "Everyone<br />knows the President Roosevelt has ties to big beer," said Pierre <br />LeWimp.<br />"Once the German beer industry is conquered, Roosevelt's beer cronies<br />will control the world market and make a fortune."<br /><br />Administration supporters said America's aggressive actions were based <br />in<br />part on the assertions of controversial scientist Albert Einstein, who<br />sent a letter to Roosevelt speculating that the Germans were developing <br />a<br />secret weapon, a so-called "atomic bomb." Such a weapon could produce<br />casualties on a scale never seen before and cause environmental damage<br />that could last for thousands of years. Hitler has denied having such a<br />weapon and international inspectors were unable to locate such weapons<br />even after spending two long weekends in Germany. Shortly after the<br />invasion began reports surfaced that German prisoners had been abused <br />by<br />Americans. Mistreatment of Jews by Germans at so-called "concentration<br />camps" has been rumored but so far, remains unproven.<br /><br />Several thousand Americans died during the first hours of the invasion<br />and French officials are concerned that uncollected corpses pose a <br />public<br />health risk. "The Americans should have planned for this in advance,"<br />they said. "It's their mess and we don't intend to clean it up."