I gotta apologize. I'm getting very old and forgetful. Could you kindly give me the link again that proves that more than 100 Americans died during the post-war period at the hands of the German "insurgency?"
Thanks for your patience and sorry to put you to all the trouble yet again. I really look forward to reading the document!!!
Cheers,
AWW
Well I'm getting older too Willard so you'll have to forgive me if I'm wrong.
But I seem to recall you quite clearly being on threads when this was discussed at least 1.5 years ago and links were provided you at that time and you continued to not believe the information provided you.
So you'll have to forgive me if I don't go searching threads and historical links again in an effort to convince you.
Cheers!
Good reply. There was no significant German insurgency like in Iraq. We crushed what there was of it with field executions and information blackouts.
As I recall, our practice in WWII of actually “winning a war and defeating the enemy’s will to fight” before rebuilding their country enabled a no-nonsense policy of dealing with insurgents. Sure, we may have actually taken more casualties in the long run by immediately going into each Iraqi village with 3 times the troops and establishing order and martial law, but this insurgency would not likely have occurred.
I don’t fault the administration for trying. I only fault those who don’t learn from this mistake.