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"Let the chips fall where they may"
Would you have left Europe in December 1945 because it was difficult and let the chips fall???????????????
Would you have left the Pacific in February 1945 after Iwo Jima because it was difficult and let the chips fall??????????????????????????????

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Would you have left Europe in December 1945 because it was difficult and let the chips fall???????????????
Would you have left the Pacific in February 1945 after Iwo Jima because it was difficult and let the chips fall??????????????????????????????

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You are honestly going to compare one nation of less than 30 million, most of which are non-combatants to WW2? Is that why we, the greatest military force on the planet are still stuck there with too many of our finest playing the role of target?