Exceptionally American?

Um. . . 

Wyoming Freedom Caucus

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America is exceptional. Few other days in our history exemplify the American spirit like D-Day.

10:56 AM · Jun 6, 2024

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How ironic for a group which generally isn't very keen on the sort of thing that Operation Overlord represents, U.S. involvement in an overseas war.

To add to that, there were more British troops, if the Canadians under British command are included, in Operation Overlord than there were Americans.  Americans consistently imagine somehow that Operation Overlord was an American thing, but it was not.  On June 6, 1944, American, Canadian, British and French troops hit the ground.  Air cover was provided by Americans, Canadians, British, Polish, French, Australian, New Zealanders, Rhodesian, and South African pilots.

And out in the Channel were French ships, American ones, British ones, and Canadian ones, as well as most likely others I don't know of.

Does D-Day exemplify something American?  No doubt.  But exceptionally American. Absolutely not, unless it's that we sat by for a couple of years while things grew worse around the world and came in when we were attacked.