Posted on 01/04/2013 12:13:30 PM PST by DogByte6RER
This is what irritates me with the war against the islamderthals.
They’re ideological pikers compared to what we faced in WWII. In WWII we saw what we had to do and did it with the result of ending the war as quickly as possible and saved more lives than if the war had dragged on for a decade.
The Normandy landing had a potential 70% casualty rate built in as acceptable losses on our side as long as we took the beachhead. Fortunately Hitler was a moron and the rate was considerably less. Landing in Japan would have meant millions dead to take their islands.
It ain’t pretty but we did what we had to do to win decisively.
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