Posted on 03/25/2007 5:17:55 AM PDT by Dog
Except for the Germans, Russians & Japanese, the casualty rate during WWII was nothing compared to WWI. For example, the UK lost 1m vs 350k; France 1.4 vs 250K. In fact, while the US lost 350k in WWII over a much longer & wider global scale, we lost 55k in less than 6 mos of fighting in WWI.
What an insulting and incorrect comment.
They don't call it the "Lost Generation" for nothing. During the first 2 years, before sentiment turned against the war, it was considered a noble undertaking to volunteer & fight. The soldiers climbing out of those trenches and getting mowed down by the tens of thousands in a single day weren't just mechanics; they were comprised of entire graduating classes from Oxbridge ie the future leaders.
The ones who survived where either (a) extremely lucky, or (b) most likely, those performing supporting roles or simply not engaged in battle.
Do you think the United States government will ever, for any reason, use a nuclear weapon in defense of our country and its people? Just curious.
Another editorial posted here noted the internal strife the Iranian government is dealing with. Evidently the locals are growing increasingly restless and unhappy and are showing it. One way to tighten things up at home is to face a foreign enemy, in this case the Anglo-American coalition.
Uh, excuse me, but I regret this memory-loss perception that 15 British sailors might just offset the injustice of earlier "hostage-taking," that is to say, the Iranians arrested in Iraq. How predictable that Iranian "students" (like those who took charge of the US embassy back in the Carter malaise, no doubt) would come up with this jarring juxtaposition!
If there's anything the Iranians begin to offset, it's the 170 US military lives lost (and hundreds more wounded), directly as a result of Iranian weaponry supplied to insurgent forces in Iraq. Most Iraqis, of course, would rightly add to that their own killed and wounded. Given the Bush administration gun-shy approach, I think we may be confident there's plenty of evidence supporting those Iranians' involvement in Quds' supply of weaponry, i.e., their bold acts of war against Iraq and the Coalition.
I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.
HF
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The complete and utter idealogical hypocrisy of the Islamofascist-Leftist alliance is distressing, but as Horowitz reminds us,
In response to a WMD attack on American soil, and depending on who's charge....yes it is possible.
True, but pulling on the tigers tail is not a way to ensure your long term survival.
However, they seem to have calculated correctly that our response would be only verbal, and are sitting back now and laughing their asses off at our impotence.
Why are you babbling about WWI? It has nothing to do with today except that it was a prequel to WWII as far as Arab imperialism goes, which set the stage for the conflict we are in now
Very well thought out and hopefully correct answer, IMHO.
The Cobra Team!
Oh, the humanity
It's sad that so many in the British government are clinging to the idea that they DID'NT lose round one a couple of years ago.
It's sad that so many in the British government are clinging to the idea that they DID'NT lose round one a couple of years ago.
Sorry for the double post. Too much caffeine.
Here's a good move for the UN Security Council to enact right now: vote to instruct all nations to immediately stop selling oilfield equipment and spare parts to Iran until Iran 1) returns the 15 Britons, and 2) agrees to permanently stop uranium enrichment. Then put together a coalition to enforce the ban on oilfield equipment sales. If Iran runs out of money, then just give them Ag equipment and supplies so they can still feed their people. Watch how fast the mullahs agee to take that deal when those fat oil cash flows stop rolling in. It's time for an all-out effort to boost oil production capacity outside of Iran and then shut down Iran's oil industry. I would bet that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Brazil, and Russia have already increased oil production capacity enough to make up for all of Iran's lost production. Those independent oil companies here in the US have also done a remarkable job of increasing US production. Our production is up about 1 MM barrels per day from 4 years ago.
Yes, so the US troops captured by the Iranians in 2003. The US really taught the Iranians a lesson in that case didn't they! Similarly, noone has reacted to Iranian insurgent aid in Iraq. We 'limey poofters' have have been much tougher on terrorists and rogue states in the past than your governments have been.
"Imagine a police sergeant, sitting in his squad car, watching a bunch of criminals take on his own men, who were simply patrolling and enforcing the law. Rather than simply going to the aid of his men, the sergeant calls the precinct, who tells him to do nothing, but keep watching!"
That happens during every Liberal, Commie, Hippie, Peacenik march.
If NATO got involved they'd probably just put the French in charge anyways.
Weakness always means more hostages.
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