[nikos1121]

ONe could easily argue that we never finish ourwars..

1. War II as is stated in this article. The greatest generation left a big mess for future generations.
2. Korean War. Agreeing to terms that could have agreed to before the shooting started.
3. Viet Nam need a I say more?
4. Desert Storm. Bush Sr. was an idiot. Could have changed the entire course of that region had he finished the job.
5. Iraq War II. Oh...you get the picture.

I think it might be that we lack the Stonewall Jackson’s in the presidency. WE are a milk toast nation. The imposter in chief will never understand that strength brings results and that weakness brings war.

The posturing in Ukraine and Syria are hideously weak and shameful.

If you look at Patton’s suggestions, it would have taken virtually nothing to get the Russians to back down.

SAme now. IT would take very little to get the Russians to back off....and the whole world would be behind us.

[7thson]

Speaking of WW II, the Soviets did not have atomic weapons. True, after Fat Man and Little Boy did their job, we didn't either. But we knew how to make one, whereas the Soviets did not. Patton and others could have them on the run until we came up with another a-bomb or two. Drop one on Moscow and game over.

It sounds easy until you start looking at what was in the State and Army Departments at the time. Communists. Probably a lot of our decisions made after WW II were made with these communists pushing people in their direction.

Sad.

[the OlLine Rebel]

You are so right. In particular WWII marks a turning point. Instead of serious war (and DECLARED) with gentleman’s rules, we got undeclared gentleman’s wars with serious (stupid) rules. Mostly, that we must be “nice” and help/totally rebuild. And what do we get for being nice? Kicked around as “imperialist” “occupiers”.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

My dad was one trigger pull away from giving Patton his war with Russia.

My thoughts are that a war with Russia at that time was not a good idea. We were still at war with Japan, and Russia had a non aggression pact with the Japs. What if Russia had then come in on the side of the Japs?
The industrial might of the USSR was beyond the Urals where we could not get to them. Russia also had control of Iran at that time. Our bombers would have had to fly through the same type anti-aircraft fire that isolated the German armies in Stalingrad.

It was later found that Russia had another army uncommitted to the war. It has been surmised that they may have invaded Alaska and moved East.
Americans were tired of war and another one would have been a PR disaster back home.

My dad was returned to the US to prepare for the invasion of Japan. Truman (bless him) ordered the dropping of the two nukes and the invasion never took place.