Iwo Jima Memorial Closed, Barricades Erected (Update: Vets Break Through)

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It is IWA Jima. IWA is Japanese for "rock"

What do you think would be necessary to occur in Parliment for the UK government to close memorials to people killed in the blitz...or is it blits?

Obama lost TWO elections that controlled the House. The House originates these bills, He left the ACA unfunded when they passed it and left it up to the House to fund it...then they lost the House in an election and failed to get it back in the next election.

Obama needs to stop pissing on our country's heros and deal with congress.

It is nauseating to see this.

[Danno 1,228]

WOW If only Obama put so much energy in Keeping our borders this secure.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

And for those who can only speak one language and understand only one alphabet...there is NO "correct" spelling of Iwa/Iwo Gima/Jima using the Roman alphabet. It is a transliteraltion, a spelling using Roman letters producing a similar sound to the same word in the native language. A short "o" in English is pronounced "ah" (cot, lot, trot) so someone who does not know how to pronounce English, or the various pronunciations of leters may need "help" Sometimes it is not possible to transliterate directly (ie. Russian has no "j" and no "w" and a combination of other letters must be used to produce that "sound")

In case any of you ever wonder why there are always multiple spellings of Arabic names (Kadafi, Khadafi, Ghadafi) this is why.

Maybe learn a new language, with a different alphabet and you can understand. Otherwise, feel free to carry on with nonsense.. FYI in the Russian language and Cyrillic alphabet "o" is also pronounced "oh" OR "ah" Much more often as "ah". Consider it your first Russian lesson.

Why would anyone pronounce it "Eewoh" instead the correct "Eewah"??? Why would anyone think it was "Eewoh" and correct someone for a proper transliteration?

Would this same person pronounce "cot" as "Koht" ????? what planet are they from?

WOW If only Obama put so much energy in Keeping our borders this secure.

(sigh)