[AmeriBrit]

You would have to do a hell of a lot more than 'refresh my memory' about WW11 since I wasn't born till 20 years after the start of WW11. My knowledge of it is what I've read, what my father, husband and others have told me, and many, many years as an AF wife accompanying my husband to many countries around the world, and the sight of the ruins from the bombings that still remain in certain parts of the U.K.

To compare the war we are now engaged in against WW11 is asinine. There is no comparison.

You also omit the fact that back in those old days, most young men were willing to sacrifice their lives for the honour of fighting for their country. Such an act of honour and bravery today with the young generation is few and far between.

Apparently you have no idea what damage clinton did to the military in the 8 years he was in office.

[olderwiser]

"Asinine?

You want to name call, how about this: you're points are stupid, and so are you.

I say the threats we face from the Islamo-fascists and their fellow terror travelers and enablers is as big a threat to Western Civilization as Nazism and the Japanese were back in the 40's.

And I say in the days it required a far bigger military response than George Bush and our nation engaged in. The days after 9-11 were the time to rally Americans to affort. Bush need not have re-instituted the draft. But he COULD have gotten Congress to help authorize very visible, high level recruitment efforts in colleges, high schools and workplaces.

I already presented you the fact that we were similarly unprepared to fight WWII in the early days. But the difference there was the entire society, galvanized and led by a President willing to take steps to censor media, commandeer our industry to the cause, etc., ensured that our military met the challenges.

George Bush's failure to engage in a more brutal all-out war is now leading to possible defeat in Iraq, Iran with nukes, and MUCH more trouble down the road.

You haven't responded substantively to my opinions. So I assume you can't.

Otherwise, try again.