Yeah video game warfare. Really. If it was a video game then 4,000 soldiers wouldn’t have died in Iraq.
Too many of the guys are going over there thinking its a game.
Of course, I am just a 17 year old. What do I know.
What I do know is that the Iraq War was hardly bloodless and just because you had TV missles and advanced tanks meant nothing for an enemy that did not have a decadent public calling for their withdrawal.
War is about will. Americans better be ready to stay in Afghanistan. No more ceding ground and looking weak.
My video game warfare comment was referring to today’s perception of what warfare is relative to during WWII. Of course it’s not a video game - and, too many people have that perception today. You don’t need to explain to me how this war is not bloodless - my son spent 18 months there (and five other family members also had boots in the sand in Iraq). My son participated in missions in which live-fire was exchanged, and twice had his vehicle nearly hit by an IED (witnessing on one mission a Humvee being blown up two vehicles ahead of his that had two of his friends in it).
You are correct - war is about will. We need to have the will to stay the course in this war - the enemy has the will - any capitulation on our part will be viewed as a weakness and will encourage further attacks. We won WWII because we had the will to fight and stay the course to achieve victory no matter what the cost was. I’m not sure the courage of that era still exists in this country.