[khnyny]

I was thinking to myself that I couldn’t imagine something like this happening on this scale during WWII.

The next obvious question being, why not? Personally, I think it boils down to the degradation of our culture’s morals over the past 40 years or so. Instead of patriotism and ethics, it’s a “what’s in it for me” attitude that’s become the norm, rather than the exception.

[MamaTexan]

Personally, I think it boils down to the degradation of our culture’s morals over the past 40 years or so. Instead of patriotism and ethics, it’s a “what’s in it for me” attitude that’s become the norm, rather than the exception.

Exactly!

We've become an instant gratification nation.

Things are no longer done right just because its the right thing to do.

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I've never really understood America's habit of blowing things up just to 'rebuild' them again, either...but maybe it's just me.

:-)

[perez24]

I read where shady contracting and supply practices occurred in the Civil and Spanish-American wars, so why wouldn’t it have happened in WWII?

Degradation of morals notwithstanding, and I in no way am justifying it, but I think it happens in every war.