In honor of the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion, I thought it would be appropriate to compare it to today's struggle in Iraq. The following essay was written by Raymond S. Kraft, a writer living in Northern California who has studied the Middle Eastern culture and religion. The essay follows. It is a long read, but well worth it.
Historical Significance for today's world:
Sixty-three years ago, Nazi Germany had overrun almost all of Europe and hammered England to the verge of bankruptcy and defeat. The Nazis had sunk more than 400 British ships in their convoys between England and America taking food and war materials. At that time the US was in an isolationist, pacifist mood, and most Americans wanted nothing to do with the European or the Asian war.
Then along came Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in outrage Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on Germany, who had not yet attacked us. It was a dicey thing. We had few allies.
