Iwo Jima Disgrace

[sevenmalards]

> Iwo Jima Veterans Blast Time's 'Special Environmental Issue' Cover
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> For only the second time in 85 years, Time magazine abandoned the
> traditional red border it uses on its cover.
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> The occasion - to push more global warming alarmism.
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> The cover of the April 21 issue of Time took the famous Iwo Jima
> photograph by Joe Rosenthal of the Marines raising the American flag and
> replaced the flag with a tree. The cover story by Bryan Walsh calls green
> "the new red, white and blue."
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> Donald Mates, an Iwo Jima veteran, told the Business & Media
Institute
> April 17 that using that photograph for that cause was a "disgrace."
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> "It's an absolute disgrace," Mates said. "Whoever did it is going to
> hell. That's a mortal sin. God forbid he runs into a Marine that was an
Iwo
> Jima survivor."
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> See full story and photo at:
> Iwo Jima Veterans Blast Time's 'Special Environmental Issue' Cover
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[stump0331]

being as this forum is family friendly i will refrain from posting what i would like

semper fi

[bigcountrysg]

Originally Posted by stump0331

being as this forum is family friendly i will refrain from posting what i would like

semper fi

Yeah I am with you Stump. Even though I was not alive during WWII. I am a Marine so this still upsets me.

[!!!PainTrain!!!]

I agree Stump.

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by stump0331

being as this forum is family friendly i will refrain from posting what i would like

semper fi

Did you open the link and see that ridiculous cover photo?

I can't believe they would disgrace such a national treasure as the rosenthal photo. They didn't use it as a model for the Marine Corp Memorial because it doesn't mean anything to Marines. My Grandma sent me the email, she was HOT!

[stump0331]

yeah i opened it up, and watched the little clip ith that hippie talking about, what ever the hell he as talking about

it is just plain ridiculous

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by stump0331

yeah i opened it up, and watched the little clip ith that hippie talking about, what ever the hell he as talking about

it is just plain ridiculous

I missed that, I just saw the cover photo and closed it.

[stump0331]

dont aste yur time seven

[sevenmalards]

I think this old salty Vet said it pretty good:



Lt. John Keith Wells, the leader of the platoon that raised the flags on Mt. Suribachi and co-author of “Give Me Fifty Marines Not Afraid to Die: Iwo Jima” wasn’t impressed with Time’s efforts.

“That global warming is the biggest joke I’ve ever known,” Wells told the Business & Media Institute. “[W]e’ll stick a dadgum tree up somebody’s rear if they want that and think that’s going to cure something.”

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Last edited by sevenmalards : 04-23-2008 at 05:12 PM.

[stump0331]

in true marine fashion