Comments on: Goosesteps and Pickelhaubes http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: GIANCARLO GARLASCHI http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-30792 GIANCARLO GARLASCHI Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:54:43 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-30792 THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON CHILEAN MILITARY. MY SON CHRISTIAN , WAS AN INFANTRY OFFICER , AIRBORNE AND COMMANDO , HE SERVED IN THE PRINCE OF WALES ROYAL FUSILIERS FOR 9 MONTHS IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA. IT WAS NATURAL THAT HE WANTED TO BE AN INFANTRY OFFICER , HIS GRANDFATHER ( KLAUS ) SERVED IN THE HITLER JUNGED AT AGE 14 WHEN GERMANY WAS BEING DEFEATED ( HE DUG ANTITANK TRENCHES , RUSSIAN FRONT 1945 )...KLAUS FATHER WAS A NOBLEMAN WHO JOINED THE WAFFEN SS ALL OUT FOR LOVE OF HIS COUNTRY ...HE COMITED SUICIDE ON HIS STATE ( BIG LAND ON FORMER EAST PRUSSIA ) AFTER BEING SENT ON LEAVE FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONT , IT WAS SAID THAT HE COULDN'T STAND THE ATROCITIES DONE IN RUSSIA ...SO I GUESS A LOTS OF GERMANS STILL WERE CONSCIOUS OF THINGS BEING DONE. MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN ITALIAN HERO IN THE ALPS ( WW I ).. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR AFRICA ...IN THE END HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH ALL THE POLITICS INVOLVED AND SAID ..." SOLDIERS WILL SUFFER THE MISTAKES OF BASTARDS SITTING COMFORTABLY AT THEIR OFFICES "...HE WAS AWARDED THE HIGHEST DECORATION FOR VALOR IN ITALY...THE GOLDEN MEDAL FOR VALOR...IT'S USUALLY POSTHUMOUS..HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE DID OR ACHIEVED...ONLY THAT THEY STARVED AND FROZE IN THE ALPS...NOW AS A PILOT EVERY TIME I CROSS THE ALPS AND LAND IN BRESCIA ( BOEING 747 )...I REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES AND MISERY OF THE ITALIAN SOLDIERS COMMITTED TO 11 DISASTROUS OFFENSIVES IN THE ISONZO FRONT. KINDEST REGARDS GIANCARLO THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON CHILEAN MILITARY.

MY SON CHRISTIAN , WAS AN INFANTRY OFFICER , AIRBORNE AND COMMANDO , HE SERVED IN THE PRINCE OF WALES ROYAL FUSILIERS FOR 9 MONTHS IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA.

IT WAS NATURAL THAT HE WANTED TO BE AN INFANTRY OFFICER , HIS GRANDFATHER ( KLAUS ) SERVED IN THE HITLER JUNGED AT AGE 14 WHEN GERMANY WAS BEING DEFEATED ( HE DUG ANTITANK TRENCHES , RUSSIAN FRONT 1945 )…KLAUS FATHER WAS A NOBLEMAN WHO JOINED THE WAFFEN SS ALL OUT FOR LOVE OF HIS COUNTRY …HE COMITED SUICIDE ON HIS STATE ( BIG LAND ON FORMER EAST PRUSSIA ) AFTER BEING SENT ON LEAVE FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONT , IT WAS SAID THAT HE COULDN’T STAND THE ATROCITIES DONE IN RUSSIA …SO I GUESS A LOTS OF GERMANS STILL WERE CONSCIOUS OF THINGS BEING DONE.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN ITALIAN HERO IN THE ALPS ( WW I ).. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR AFRICA …IN THE END HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH ALL THE POLITICS INVOLVED AND SAID …” SOLDIERS WILL SUFFER THE MISTAKES OF BASTARDS SITTING COMFORTABLY AT THEIR OFFICES “…HE WAS AWARDED THE HIGHEST DECORATION FOR VALOR IN ITALY…THE GOLDEN MEDAL FOR VALOR…IT’S USUALLY POSTHUMOUS..HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HE DID OR ACHIEVED…ONLY THAT THEY STARVED AND FROZE IN THE ALPS…NOW AS A PILOT EVERY TIME I CROSS THE ALPS AND LAND IN BRESCIA ( BOEING 747 )…I REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES AND MISERY OF THE ITALIAN SOLDIERS COMMITTED TO 11 DISASTROUS OFFENSIVES IN THE ISONZO FRONT.

KINDEST REGARDS

GIANCARLO

]]> By: Colin Kirkpatrick http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-30522 Colin Kirkpatrick Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:55:40 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-30522 I am from Ireland and I think that the Chilean Army have the smartest uniform of any nation. They look as a soldier should. Congratulations on the rescue of your brave miners. I am from Ireland and I think that the Chilean Army have the smartest uniform of any nation. They look as a soldier should.
Congratulations on the rescue of your brave miners.

]]> By: lucy http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-29219 lucy Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:01:05 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-29219 i am ding a report on the chilean cultures and this article/pictures was a beautiful edition. thanks! i am ding a report on the chilean cultures and this article/pictures was a beautiful edition. thanks!

]]> By: GIANCARLO GARLASCHI http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-27413 GIANCARLO GARLASCHI Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:27 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-27413 AFTER BEING DESPISED FOR 20 YEARS BY THE LEFT GOVERNMENT...THE CHILEAN SOLDIERS WERE SENT TO THE PROVINCES RUINED BY THE 27 FEB. EARTHQUAKE...DELAYED 36 HOURS BECAUSE THE LEFT POLITICIANS DIDN'T WANT TO SEE SOLDIERS DOING GOOD IN PICS ALL ARROUND THE WORLD...( " IT WAS HARD FOR US TO CONSIDER ENDING OUR TERM WITH SOLDIERS ON THE STREETS " ). THE SOLDIERS WERE WELCOMED WITH TEARS , APPLAUSES AND HONKING FROM CARS AND BYSTANDERS...THEY RESTORED ORDER AFTER THE CAOS OF 3 DAYS...AND THEY WERE THANKED BY THE POORS AND HUMBLE...YES...THE CHILEAN SOLDIERS ARE THE SON OF THIS NOBLE AND POOR CHILEANS ...USED TO HARDSHIPS...AS THEIR HARD FIGTHING SPANISH SOLDIERS AND ARAUCANO INDIANS THAT NEVER EVER SURRENDED AND FIGHTED FOR 300 YEARS...FROM WHOM THEY DESCEND ! TODAY CHILE CHANGED TO A CENTER RIGTH GOVERNMENT...ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED THE CHANGE...TIRED OF LEFT ARRONGANCE AND RAMPING INEPTITUDE...WE WON WITH 53 %...AND EVEN LEFT PEOPLE NOW WANT ORDER AND PROGRESS TO BE RESTORED ! KINDEST REGARDS GIANCARLO AFTER BEING DESPISED FOR 20 YEARS BY THE LEFT GOVERNMENT…THE CHILEAN SOLDIERS WERE SENT TO THE PROVINCES RUINED BY THE 27 FEB. EARTHQUAKE…DELAYED 36 HOURS BECAUSE THE LEFT POLITICIANS DIDN’T WANT TO SEE SOLDIERS DOING GOOD IN PICS ALL ARROUND THE WORLD…( ” IT WAS HARD FOR US TO CONSIDER ENDING OUR TERM WITH SOLDIERS ON THE STREETS ” ).

THE SOLDIERS WERE WELCOMED WITH TEARS , APPLAUSES AND HONKING FROM CARS AND BYSTANDERS…THEY RESTORED ORDER AFTER THE CAOS OF 3 DAYS…AND THEY WERE THANKED BY THE POORS AND HUMBLE…YES…THE CHILEAN SOLDIERS ARE THE SON OF THIS NOBLE AND POOR CHILEANS …USED TO HARDSHIPS…AS THEIR HARD FIGTHING SPANISH SOLDIERS AND ARAUCANO INDIANS THAT NEVER EVER SURRENDED AND FIGHTED FOR 300 YEARS…FROM WHOM THEY DESCEND !

TODAY CHILE CHANGED TO A CENTER RIGTH GOVERNMENT…ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED THE CHANGE…TIRED OF LEFT ARRONGANCE AND RAMPING INEPTITUDE…WE WON WITH 53 %…AND EVEN LEFT PEOPLE NOW WANT ORDER AND PROGRESS TO BE RESTORED !

KINDEST REGARDS

GIANCARLO

]]> By: Dalida Uchenvsky http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-5416 Dalida Uchenvsky Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:58:41 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-5416 Thank You! for posting this!! I must say that this is one of the celebrations that Chileans are most proud of and worth watching!!! Thank You! for posting this!!

I must say that this is one of the celebrations that Chileans are most proud of and worth watching!!!

]]> By: GIANCARLO GARLASCHI http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-5386 GIANCARLO GARLASCHI Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:29:34 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-5386 WE ARE THE REAL CHILEANS !!!...WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND HATE COMMUNISM...WE LOVE OUR'S FATHERS FLAG , WE ARE A HUMBLE COUNTRY BUT PROUD !!!...THERE'S NO RECORD OF SURRENDER BY CHILEAN SOLDIERS...THEY JUST DIE OR WIN...NO OTHER CHOICE...EVERY BODY IN CHILE KNOWS THAT...BETTER DEAD THAN TO BE A COWARD !!! EX CHILEAN AIR FORCE PILOT FLYING CESSNA A-37 FOR MY COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF 20 ...JUST LIKE RAF BATTLE OF BRITTAIN PILOTS...WE WERE THE "FEW" OF OUR LOVED COUNTRY. WE ARE THE REAL CHILEANS !!!…WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND HATE COMMUNISM…WE LOVE OUR’S FATHERS FLAG , WE ARE A HUMBLE COUNTRY BUT PROUD !!!…THERE’S NO RECORD OF SURRENDER BY CHILEAN SOLDIERS…THEY JUST DIE OR WIN…NO OTHER CHOICE…EVERY BODY IN CHILE KNOWS THAT…BETTER DEAD THAN TO BE A COWARD !!!

EX CHILEAN AIR FORCE PILOT

FLYING CESSNA A-37 FOR MY COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF 20 …JUST LIKE RAF BATTLE OF BRITTAIN PILOTS…WE WERE THE “FEW” OF OUR LOVED COUNTRY.

]]> By: Javier http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Javier Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:37:13 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-787 Bernardo O'Higgings was not an Irishman, but rather the bastard son of one. Not that it matters at all. His mother was Chilean. Although educated in Europe, Bernardo O'Higgings is very Chilean. Bernardo O’Higgings was not an Irishman, but rather the bastard son of one. Not that it matters at all. His mother was Chilean. Although educated in Europe, Bernardo O’Higgings is very Chilean.

]]> By: Paola http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Paola Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:12:23 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-786 Chile´s independence day is February 18 of 1818. September 18 of 1810 was the First "Junta de Gobierno", and the people who formed it was ABSOLUTELY loyal to the king, Fernando VII. Chile´s independence day is February 18 of 1818. September 18 of 1810 was the First “Junta de Gobierno”, and the people who formed it was ABSOLUTELY loyal to the king, Fernando VII.

]]> By: Aunt Naomi http://www.andrewcusack.com/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Aunt Naomi Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:34:34 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2006/10/13/goosesteps-and-pickelhaubes/#comment-785 Andrew - doesn't the now former President Ricardo Lagos bearing a resemblance to the now former NYC Mayor Edward I Koch? Andrew – doesn’t the now former President Ricardo Lagos bearing a resemblance to the now former NYC Mayor Edward I Koch?

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