VariFrank: Mission Accomplished (WWII)

varifrank.com ^ | May 1, 2007 | Frank Martin

[RileyD, nwJ]

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

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Years after the end of the war, American G.I.'s were often asked why they fought so hard in the Second World War and the answer was almost always the same:

"So my kids don't have to come over here and do this again"

... The American nation was shocked at the cost of the First World War and chose to enter a period of isolation afterwards but the result was not peace,... The cost of the 'peace movement' that formed at the end of the First World War could be measured in real terms of the 52 million people world wide who died in the second period of conflict.

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... our mission is the Middle East is just getting started. Let us all hope that we are able to learn the lessons given to us in the years 1919 and 1946 and apply them to what we need to do now in 2007. If we return to the policy of 1919, we will find our grandchildren in a war of untold horror on a world wide scale that will make the Second World War look small and insignificant by comparison. Unlike the Second World War, we here at home will be on the front lines of the next war. but if we can remember the lessons of diligence, patience and faith given to us by the experiences of the year 1946, the war, a war that need not happen, can be avoided.

The best way to fight a war is to ensure it never needs to be fought in the first place. History shows us that this can be accomplished only by showing resolve towards maintaining the peace, if need be, by preparing to fight for it.

[RileyD, nwJ]

Take away
Let us all hope that we are able to learn the lessons given to us in the years 1919 and 1946 and apply them to what we need to do now in 2007. If we return to the policy of 1919, we will find our grandchildren in a war of untold horror on a world wide scale that will make the Second World War look small and insignificant by comparison. Unlike the Second World War, we here at home will be on the front lines of the next war. but if we can remember the lessons of diligence, patience and faith given to us by the experiences of the year 1946, the war, a war that need not happen, can be avoided.

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Frank Martin is on fire and spot on with his writing here.