23rd July 2005, 12:52 PM
Ryan Wrote:From the days when Hollywood actors put their lives on the line to defend their country, instead of the days when they complain about how rotten it is.
He lossed his finger working in artilery .boom! Apparently some of his health problems came from a enemy chemical exposure in WW2.
But Jim waisnt a pussie even missing a finger he could still pilot a airplane as a pilot even the WW1 double winged types my great grandfather flew in for the Uk royal air core.
Actually Jimmy waisnt a hollywood actor or even a actor till after the war when they gave out all those nice post service packages and he got involved in theatre.
Its true hollywood actors dont actually enlist do they? Umless they are some low barrel unestablished actors who can only get minor parts.
I think Doohans heroism on D day like all of those veterans should be one of the things he should be remebered most for then a whiskie drinking scottsman who can make a ship go warp 7! Juno beach at dieppe france was one of the bloodiest of the d day landings since the element of surprise was gone as the americans and brits already had made landing at their sites giving the germans at Juno a tip off to rear up, But they were all mostly volunteers unlike most of the other deployed landing forces.
I dont know to my knowledge what Doohan thought of 9/11, Although he was begining to slide into Alseimers.
Even Elvis I gather is a better patriot then some folks in hollywood today in their scientology and Kabalah cults.
The bombings in London have alterd my position on things as of late,Reading the quran has showed me that islam is anything but peaceful or "kind at heart" especially to us disbelieving infidels.
The speech of Prime ministry John Howard of australia after the bombings , Pretty well said it with good clarity , he stated the terrorism didnt start over iraq as people think and forget their history , He said 88 australian were masacred in 2002 in bali way before Iraq even came into discussion globally much less accured, What did Bali do to threaten Islam that they need to do this atroscity ? Nothing.The terrorist made threats on austrlia for years before 9/11, Over east timor, Even the first gulf war, Afghanistan.
Personally I think mr Howard is better at articulating Bush position then Bush himself.