This is how you lead
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I think...maybe...he was quoting something. More research needed.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...teran-is-1st-soldier-honored-for-saving-jews/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...teran-is-1st-soldier-honored-for-saving-jews/
At the time of [Master Sgt. Roddie] Edmonds' capture, the most infamous Nazi death camps were no longer fully operational, so Jewish American POWs were instead sent to slave labor camps where their chances of survival were low. U.S. soldiers had been warned that Jewish fighters among them would be in danger if captured and were told to destroy dog tags or any other evidence identifying them as Jewish.
So when the German camp commander, speaking in English, ordered the Jews to identify themselves, Edmonds knew what was at stake.
Turning to the rest of the POWs, he said: "We are not doing that, we are all falling out," recalled Chris Edmonds, who is currently in Israel participating in a seminar for Christian leaders at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies.
With all the camp's inmates defiantly standing in front of their barracks, the German commander turned to Edmonds and said: "They cannot all be Jews." To which Edmonds replied: "We are all Jews here."
Then the Nazi officer pressed his pistol to Edmonds head and offered him one last chance. Edmonds merely gave him his name, rank and serial number as required by the Geneva Conventions.
"And then my dad said: 'If you are going to shoot, you are going to have to shoot all of us because we know who you are and you'll be tried for war crimes when we win this war,'" recalled Chris Edmonds, who estimates his father's actions saved the lives of more than 200 Jewish-American soldiers.
Witnesses to the exchange said the German officer then withdrew. Stern, who currently lives in Reston, Virginia, told Yad Vashem that even 70 years later he can "still hear the words."
So when the German camp commander, speaking in English, ordered the Jews to identify themselves, Edmonds knew what was at stake.
Turning to the rest of the POWs, he said: "We are not doing that, we are all falling out," recalled Chris Edmonds, who is currently in Israel participating in a seminar for Christian leaders at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies.
With all the camp's inmates defiantly standing in front of their barracks, the German commander turned to Edmonds and said: "They cannot all be Jews." To which Edmonds replied: "We are all Jews here."
Then the Nazi officer pressed his pistol to Edmonds head and offered him one last chance. Edmonds merely gave him his name, rank and serial number as required by the Geneva Conventions.
"And then my dad said: 'If you are going to shoot, you are going to have to shoot all of us because we know who you are and you'll be tried for war crimes when we win this war,'" recalled Chris Edmonds, who estimates his father's actions saved the lives of more than 200 Jewish-American soldiers.
Witnesses to the exchange said the German officer then withdrew. Stern, who currently lives in Reston, Virginia, told Yad Vashem that even 70 years later he can "still hear the words."
I don't see anything, what did I miss this time?
Someone took his phone and deleted it, so I missed the tweet. Does anyone have a screen shot?
It was a quote taken out of context...I think...but it's funny as hell in context, too.
I think he was quoting Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds but he mangled Edmonds' stirring quote to:
"You can shoot me, but you'll have to kill us all...[steps away from the mic and mumbles]... Something."
"You can shoot me, but you'll have to kill us all...[steps away from the mic and mumbles]... Something."
I note he edited out the part of the quote where we learn the hero was standing up to illegal acts. I wonder why he cut it off there? He may be crazy evil, but he’s not completely stupid.
With The Donald, it seems that the listener is as reliable as the speaker (Donald). He can say something that some people hear as demented and even dangerous. But, his supporters hear "I'm looking-out for you guys!"
57 states is still mentioned ten years later, we'll probably forget about this something by Thursday.
If Trump said that the US has 57 states LC would show up and explain that while not technically states, and he isn't here to defend the Trump, Puerto Rico and the territories add up to 57, and Trump isn't actually wrong. Not that he's here to defend him.
