[Vision2020] How Could Anyone Support That Woman?

[J Ford]

Thank you!

In fact (and Chris can back me up on this) in the Aleutian's, there are plenty of reminders of those attacks, including an airfield built and still in use today.  Granted, we were just "a territory" at the time, but we did belong to the US.  Fact is, Alaska is a main outpost for the US even today - Elmendorf and Eielson routinely have scrambles and growing up, I remember subs being spotted in the different ports from time-to-time and I remember "live" bombs being found all over the place....still are every now-and-again, from what I hear.

In fact, I remember my parents telling me that Seattle had a foreign sub come in, take a look around and then leave during the '60's.  Anyone else remember that?

J  :]


From: editor at lataheagle.com
To: idahotom at hotmail.com; lfalen at turbonet.com; sunilramalingam at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:21:57 -0800
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] How Could Anyone Support That Woman?










You know. I could have sworn the Japanese 
invaded, and held, several of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska well after Pearl 
Harbor.
Doesn't Alaska count? It was a US territory at 
the time, as was Hawai'i.
Dutch Harbor was bombed by the Japanese planes 
June 3-4, 1942.
Also in 1942, a Japanese sub shelled an 
oilfield near Santa Barbara, California and a another attacked a fortification 
in Oregon. A float plane was assembled by a sub crew and it was used to drop 
firebombs, which started a few small fires in Oregon.
A tanker was struck by a German torpedo 
in the mouth of the Mississippi River, several ships were torpedoed within sight 
of beachgoers along the eastern seaboard well after Pearl Harbor.
Lets not forget the infamous "balloon attacks" 
of 1945.
 
----- Original Message ----- 

  From: 
  Tom 
  Hansen 
  To: lfalen ; Sunil Ramalingam ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:52 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] How Could 
  Anyone Support That Woman?
  
Roger Falen stated:
 
"There has not been any other 
  9/11 types of attacks on us. There has been several attempts, but they have 
  thwarted."
 
In a very, VERY minor way it is comforting to know 
  that nobody has launched an attack on US soil since September 11, 2001 (6 
  years, 4 months, and 18 days ago).
 
Yet another way to look at 
  9/11/2001 is that it was the first attack on US soil since December 7, 1941 
  (59 years, 9 months, 4 days prior to 9/11).  
 
Roger goes on 
  to suggest that tax cuts will stimulate the economy.  
 
Note 
  to Roger:  This is the first war in our history where the president is 
  pushing for tax cuts.  "Tax cuts during war" is oxy-moronic.  You 
  say that we should provide for our troops (I am with you there 100%), then you 
  go on to say:
 
"Tax cuts would stimulate the economy and the 
  increase in total income will more than make up for revenue that is lost by a 
  tax cut."
 
Question, Roger:  How are tax cuts going to "give 
  them all the support we can in the field and continue to take care of the 
  veterans when they come home"?
 
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

  
  

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