The Greatest Generation was lucky to face Hitler’s national socialism - much luckier than those who have to endure Obama’s socialism.
You might get an argument from some in the Greatest Generation. Obama may be a threat to our way of life but so far he hasn’t presented any challenges like, say, Omaha Beach.
There is absolutely no comparison between the military threat faced by the Greatest Generation, and the threat from socialism faced by us today.
In WWII, the military's budget was 40% of GDP -- in today's terms that's around six TRILLION dollars per year. And the military drafted or enlisted around 10% of the US population -- in today's terms that's around 30 million people. And the US death toll was around 400,000 -- in today's terms about a million.
Of course all these numbers are significantly less than the costs suffered by such countries as Russia, Britain, Germany and Japan.
By contrast, Obama's socialist projects will cost us several trillion dollars, but even that can be reduced substantially, if some or our more conservative friends will just get up off their dead *sses in 2010, and help elect more conservatives to Congress.
So, Pal, which do you suppose is the more difficult -- facing enemy machine gunners or convincing your neighbors to vote Republican? Give us a break!