In the Paris rain, May 1961, JFK and de Gaulle honor soldiers who gave their lives

[kpete]

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[oasis]

2. Great photo.

thanks.

[Boomerproud]

3. JFK was always elegant.

He was a true war hero and thr haters even try to take that away from him.

[riversedge]

4. An JFK stood proud--while Trump stayed in his hotel room.

[sarge43]

5. Both de Gaulle and JFK had put skin in the game

De Gaulle fought on the Western Front and was a POW, WWI. JFK damn near died and had his health permanently ruined due to combat in the Pacific, WWII.

They had first hand experience with war and both were intelligent, thoughtful men. They weren't capable of insulting their brothers in arms. Even if neither had ever been near combat, they would have honored those who had.

The difference between class and crass.

[olegramps]

8. They were in contrast to Trump avid readers, not ignorant scum.

[Victor_c3]

6. Difference between a true war hero and trump

I’m not sure how many people my age or younger know about what JFK did in WWII, but it is worth a quick read on Wikipedia.

JFK was initially ineligible to join the Navy in 1941 due to a lower back weakness/injury. However, he exercised and strengthened his back and was eventually allowed to join the Navy. That alone says a lot about his character, but his real strength is better illustrated by what happened to the craft he commanded, PT-109. It didn’t end there, either.

A guy like trump doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near a memorial on days like today.

[EarnestPutz]

7. In the past, diplomats have been disparaged....

as the "striped pants" set of elitists. But JFK's striped pants
were a sign of respect for the occasion and his host. This is, again,
what we have lost, our dignity and the respect of the world and
it's leaders. You couldn't explain this to The Donald if you tried.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

9. Interesting fact...

Charles deGaulle’s birthday is November 22, same day JFK was murdered.

I only know this because my dear departed Dad’s birthday was November 22. In 1963 that was not a happy birthday.

[MoonRiver]

10. But, JFK didn't have a fragile hair piece that might blow off at any moment.

Priorities please.

[defacto7]

11. But people just don't understand how difficult it is for Trump.

It's such a grave travisty to have his hair put out of place by ragtag raindrops. It might mat down and reveal the true condition of his head. The hidden truth would be splayed before underlings, his alternate truth haphazardly disrupted.

[AZ8theist]

15. YEAH! Give the guy a break!!

He fought VALIANTLY against venereal disease during Vietnam!! A true war hero!!!

(if I have to include a sarcasm emoji here, you folks don't know me very well.....)

[kairos12]

12. JFK only had a war injured bad back, not debilitating bone spurs.

[marble falls]

13. Here's another view ...

[marble falls]

14. It wasn't raining, but Reagan made it to Biltburg ...

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-19/news/mn-14900_1_concentration-camp

Reagan Defends Cemetery Visit : Says German Dead Are Also Victims of Nazis
April 19, 1985|DON SHANNON | Times Staff Writer

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WASHINGTON — President Reagan, under attack from Jewish and veterans groups and members of both houses of Congress, Thursday defended his plans to visit a German military cemetery, saying the soldiers buried there were "victims of Nazism just as surely as the victims of the concentration camps."

Reagan's announcement earlier this week that he will also visit a Nazi concentration camp failed to calm the storm of criticism. The President, speaking to editors and broadcasters at a White House luncheon Thursday, said he does not want to cancel his plan to lay a wreath at the cemetery at Bitburg, West Germany, in part because it would appear that he had "caved in" to his critics.

He said that at the Bitburg cemetery, "we only found later that there were the graves of about 30 SS troops--they were the villains who conducted the executions and all."