@paulg@justinbaragona https://t.co/YG98aqvTW3 It turns out charisma has no ceiling, and politicians, or should I say political influencers, have no low point
@paulg@justinbaragona “Once both parties realize it's a waste of time to nominate uncharismatic candidates, they'll tend to nominate only the most charismatic ones. And if the candidates are equally charismatic, charisma will cancel out, and elections will be decided on issues.”
@jonatanpallesen@PeterRa58783464@peterboghossian@POTUS The story and the 80% expected causality rate seem to come from this page https://t.co/Gx1Ywik36J And it was the first wave of German paratroopers that landed on Crete suffered horrible losses.
Other the last few years D-Day seems to be increasingly understood as a mostly American enterprise in no small party thanks to Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, etc...
But it's good te remember that there were more Anglo-Canadians than Americans on D-Day