{"id":2261343,"date":"2024-06-06T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-criticized-for-unseemly-normandy-d-day-speech-after-he-brags-about-russian-military-casualties\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:04:18","slug":"biden-criticized-for-unseemly-normandy-d-day-speech-after-he-brags-about-russian-military-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-criticized-for-unseemly-normandy-d-day-speech-after-he-brags-about-russian-military-casualties\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Faces Backlash for Controversial Normandy D-Day Speech Mentioning Russian Military Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-criticized-for-unseemly-normandy-d-day-speech-after-he-brags-about-russian-military-casualties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s controversial remarks\u2064 during the 80th D-Day anniversary speech in Normandy sparked backlash. Criticizing Russia and its role in World War II, Biden faced scrutiny for the timing of his comments. The speech, which included references to Ukraine and Putin, raised questions about historical sensitivity and diplomatic rhetoric.\u200c Social media reactions reflected mixed opinions on the appropriateness of Biden&#8217;s\u2064 address.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 6, 2024 at 7:58am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>He just couldn\u2019t help himself.<\/p>\n<p>During his speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, President Joe Biden spent several minutes attacking one of America\u2019s most important allies in World War II: Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, that was then, and this is now. I have no problem with rhetorical attacks against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine \u2014 but I\u2019m certain there are better times and better places for it.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, just about any time and any place would have been better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s unique ability to bring countries together is an undeniable source of our strength and our power,\u201d Biden said, teeing up a shot at those who are less enthusiastic about American involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/largest-military-aid-package-date-announced-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreign wars<\/a>. \u201cIsolationsim was not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-uses-d-day-speech-to-take-veiled-shots-at-trump-and-vows-to-stand-by-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden subtly criticizes Trump in D-Day speech and pledges support to Ukraine\">answer 80 years ago<\/a>, and is not the answer today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden then described the \u201cdark forces\u201d of the Axis powers in World War II in terms designed to make them sound very much like Putin\u2019s Russia in 2024, before mentioning it and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-official-hints-american-support-helping-ukraine-attack-russia-shocking-policy-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> directly for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in Europe, we see one stark example,\u201d he said. \u201cUkraine has been invaded by a tyrant bent on domination. Ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses, but never backing down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then seemed to divert from his written remarks \u2014 I can\u2019t be certain of that, of course, but he seemed to change up his wording in the middle of a sentence. (Not, by the way, something I\u2019d recommend this president do, but he managed to get through it without more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/putin-must-laughing-biden-slurs-words-speaks-nonsense-update-russia-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">usual slurring<\/a> of his words.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve inflicted on the Russian aggression \u2014 they\u2019ve suffered tremendous losses in Russia. The numbers are staggering: 350,000 Russian troops dead or wounded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Biden have left Ukraine out of his speech?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNearly 1 million people have left Russia, because they can no longer see a future in Russia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He then went into the threat that Russia and other unnamed \u201cautocrats\u201d posed to the world if left unchecked \u2014 which, Biden promised, would not happen \u2014 before tying his rant back to the events of the day by claiming that bowing down to bullies would betray the ideals the men who died in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eisenhower-ended-d-day-order-troops-asking-pray-80-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battle of Normandy<\/a> fought for.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s just me, but it seems like reveling in the deaths of a country during an event commemorating a time when you and that country were allies seems a little uncouth.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait. It\u2019s not just me.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, a number of people had the same problem with Biden\u2019s speech, and some of them expressed that on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-use-linked-risky-decision-making-behaviors-kids-major-study-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden\u2019s D-Day speech now on Ukraine\u2026 Why? Russia and Putin deserve all the blame and criticism they get for that war. But today, D-Day plus 80 years, maybe leave it out. Russians killed 9 of every 10 German soldiers in WWII, in which we fought on the same side.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Hankinson (@WatchfulWaiter1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchfulWaiter1\/status\/1798691018906415510?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">While I stand with Ukraine and oppose Russia\u2019s authoritarian regime, I think it was a bit unseemly for Biden to shout about dead Russian soldiers during his D-Day speech \u2014 for a couple of obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajlamesa\/status\/1798702105982845115?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Agreed. Russia lost 20 million people to the Nazis. They were our allies, and even though the Communists are awful, we should respect their personal sacrifice for the cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neoavatara\/status\/1798702893803159929?\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you wish to \u2014 and I don\u2019t know why you would, but there\u2019s no accounting for taste \u2014 you can watch the entirety of Biden\u2019s speech here. (I\u2019ve teed it up to the parts I quoted, above.)<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden delivers remarks from 80th D-Day Anniversary ceremony\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/owHE_vc5kzY?start=660&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Comments on the video on YouTube were similarly negative \u2014 there are too many to read them all, but I scrolled through quite a few pages of them without finding a single one supportive of Biden or this speech.<\/p>\n<p>A comment from @jenniferdaehne8214 is typical: \u201cI can\u2019t believe he brought up Ukraine during his speech\u2026 unbelievable! 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by George C. Upper III on June 6, 2024, at 7:58 am, President Joe Biden&#8217;s D-Day speech in Normandy ignited controversy. Biden criticized Russia, a key WWII ally, raising eyebrows during the 80th-anniversary commemoration. 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