D-Day. Could November 5th 2024 Resemble June 6th 1944 in Any Way? 
Siem Reap, Cambodia, June 6th, 2024.
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D-Day was the beginning of the end for Fascism in Europe. Fascism reigned in Italy for over 20 years, from the 1920s to the 1940s, and Nazism, the German version of Fascism, reigned in Germany for 12 years, from 1933 to 1945. D-Day, the beginning of the allied invasion of Europe led by the United States on June 6th, 1944, marked the beginning of the end for those hideous, criminal ideologies and regimes.

Today, we have in America the growing sociopolitical version of the same self-defeating Fascist trend. Obviously, millions of Americans haven’t learnt the lessons that the mid-20th-century years have taught us: That the one and only destination Fascist regimes can and will lead any country to is disaster. Hopefully, the defeat of Fascism in America won’t have to be as bloody and deadly as D-Day and its aftermath were in Europe.

According to some counts, there was a total of approximately 20,000 casualties of war on D-Day alone, including Allied and German soldiers. I don’t see the need to have anywhere close to such number of deaths caused by any armed clashes between the MAGA Fascist forces and the True-American forces of Democracy, but if it ever came to that, would you be ready for it? (In total, there were some 50-55 million casualties in WWII)

January 6th 2021 was a semi-dress rehearsal for what may come to pass any time after Donald Trump is defeated once again at the ballot box on November 5th. At that point in time, the American D-Day might involve efforts by the American Pro-Democracy forces to take back from the MAGA Fascist forces the American Government’s Centers of power such as the White House, the Capitol Building, the Pentagon, Langley, and others. A farfetched idea? Maybe. But still conceivable.

I remain cautiously reluctant to accept that any such post-Nov. 5th outcome is inevitable but if, like you, I were living in the United States, I would probably have some contingent plans in place. Just in case.

D-Day, June 6 1944, was a fateful day when thousands of American soldiers paid the ultimate price in defense of Democracy, human rights, the rule of law, and general human decency. We cannot allow any number of confused, mistaken, irresponsible Americans turn those soldiers’ sacrifice into a useless, meaningless, mockery. We can in no way and at no point in time let Fascism take the reins of power in America.

Please use your vote to keep all possible Republican candidates out of all possible government positions for as long as they continue to embrace any kind of ultra-right-wing, Fascist ideologies.

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