The honored soldiers, living and dead, were permitted to buy that part of the world twenty years, ten months, and twenty days of "peace".
The enemy must be destroyed as utterly and ruthlessly as they were in Dresden, Berlin, Hiroshima and Tokyo, and occupied-- their daily lives dictated by American Generals and Sergeants and Privates-- until they learn better manners.
That is the lesson of two World Wars.
The lesson of Vietnam? Don't let traitors in the media determine the conditions of victory.
"Ce n’est pas une paix, c’est un armistice de vingt ans."-- Marechal Foch, commenting on the Treaty of Versailles.
A very accurate prognosis. The treaty was signed June 28 1919. The Germans invaded Poland September 1, 1939 and the British Prime Minister announced a state of belligerency on September 3, 1939