It will take years the kid glove way the military is going about smashing the insurgency. We are fighting with hands tied behind our backs because of our own crippling policital correctness. If we fought WWII like this, the axis would be victorious..
Sorta like taking an etiquette book to a gunfight....
Think about that for a moment - as in most respects they did win.
Axis Member Italy - They fought a little, surrendered, then we showered them with money and rebuilt their country - No repercussions.But you're right, we can't fight a P.C. war and hope to win. In that respect Iraq is Vietnam deja vu with all the "Hearts and Minds" baloney. It wasn't until we learned to fight the VC way and countered with SF MIKE Forces, SEALS, MACV-SOG, Rangers, trained Sniper teams, etc, that things actually started to look favorable and 'even out' tactics wise - that is until the Democrats in Congress and 'Uncle Walter' surrendered.Japan - They raped Asia, systematically murdered Allied POW's, the 'average' Nip soldier made the Waffen SS look like choir boys, the war crime trials were a sham and joke. We dropped two bombs then showered them with money, rebuilt Japan from the ground up and gave them democracy and all our technology . In effect ZERO repercussions.
Germany - Well 'We' did fire bomb the hell out of the place killing million of innocent civilians because of who they voted for. But then we feel bad so after 'they' surrender we shower them with money, rebuild their country too from the ground up, 'gave them' Europe's best economy, and we turned them into the world's biggest pacifists. Except for losing half their country to the commies (thanks FDR you assh*le) and the civilians we
killedmurdered they did pretty good all things considered.The BIG winner was the USSR. They gained land and satellite states while the Allies 'lost' their colonies world wide. (sorry Stalin was not an 'ally')
So did the Axis really "loose"?