The Revolution Will Be Tweeted?

Let me start off with saying that I’m pretty pleased that the Iranian people are off their butts and risking life and limb to participate in the democratic process.  It goes without saying that is impressive, especially from my context: a supposed democracy where barely half the population can drag themselves to a polling station despite a lack of threats.  So, that’s cool in my book.  Way to go, Iran.  What boggles my mind, however, is that Twitter and YouTube are being lauded as the harbingers of revolution as Iranians have been able to plan protests via Twitter and document the proceedings with cell phone video cameras via YouTube. 

D-Day + 65 Years

As you may have noticed, D-Day is a pretty big day in my world.  But not a lot of people talk about D+1 or D+2 or 3 or 4 and how this mighty gamble was determined to be a success (at least for the time being).  I can’t imagine the sigh of relief then Gen. Eisenhower must have released when it appeared that the beachheads were secure.  I was quite surprised to find, however, that he didn’t rip up the draft of a message he had prepared in case the landings had failed:

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

Gen. Eisenhower's Order of the Day - 6 June 1944