I wonder what the NY Slimes was writing about around January 1945
No discussion needed. It hits the nail on the head.
USA was a fraction the size of today yet something like 1 million men died in the Civil War. And the battle deaths tends to undercount the fact that injured meant often horribly crippled or awaiting death on a future day.
But to me the 'small' battles are even more telling of how war has changed. Cold Harbor, when Grant achieved nothing, cost more than 16 months of holding a country of 25 million.
Tawara, a tiny atoll, cost more too, in 1943. Not even sure why we bothered taking it.
The battle of Najaf in August cost the US perhaps a dozen to two dozen lives. The real issue is making those gains stick, and not letting the diplomats and politicians throw away in catering to the extremists what our marines paid for in blood. we saw that in Fallujah and we ought not make that mistake twice.
http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com
Kerry's "Goat-song" calls 1000 deaths "Tragic"
Tragedy is a form of drama which can be traced as far back as the Greek theatre. The Greek tragedies were originally written and produced for theatrical competitions, and the winning team in the tragic competition would receive a goat to feast on. The word "tragedy" is thus derived from the Greek language word "tragodiai," meaning "goat-songs". Greek tragedy rose out of religious rites and dramatic enactment of tales of the gods in the early Greek religion and mythology. Aristotle theorized that catharsis (emotional cleansing) results from viewing a tragedy and explains why humans enjoy seeing dramatized pain.
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HEY GUYS AND GALS YOU GOT TO GET THIS STORY RIGHT.
WE PASSED THE 1000 DEAD IN THIS WAR THREE YEARS AGO THIS COMING SATURDAY.