I received this a while back... the marine makes a valid argument.
“The hell you can’t, because we did it. These Muslims are no different than the [Imperial] Japanese. The Japs had their suicide bombers too. And we stopped them. What it takes is the resolve and will to use a level of brutality and violence that your generations can’t stomach. And until you can, this s*** won’t stop.
It took us on the beaches with bullets, clearing out caves with flame throwers, and men like LeMay burning down their cities, killing people by the tens of thousands. And then it took two atom bombs on top of it! Plus, we had to bomb the s*** out of German cities to get them to quit fighting. But, if that was what it took to win, we were willing to do it.
Until you are willing to do the same...well I hope you enjoy this s***, because it ain’t going to stop!
“What it takes is the resolve and will to use a level of brutality and violence that your generations can’t stomach. And until you can, this s*** won’t stop.
It took us on the beaches with bullets, clearing out caves with flame throwers, and men like LeMay burning down their cities, killing people by the tens of thousands. And then it took two atom bombs on top of it! Plus, we had to bomb the s*** out of German cities to get them to quit fighting. But, if that was what it took to win, we were willing to do it.”
Put more succinctly, the war doesn’t really end until the enemy KNOWS he is defeated. That takes inflicting so much pain and damage that they beg to surrender just to make it stop. Such damage is not inflicted with smart bombs and avoidance of civilian casualties.
“What it takes is the resolve and will to use a level of brutality and violence that your generations can’t stomach.”
Agree completely, with one Caveat; our Leftist American enemy is indeed willing to use those levels of brutality and violence. Only problem is that their “enemy” is us.
Well said. Since WWII we have entered every conflict with the goal of removing their means to wage war. That does not work. Unless you remove their will to wage war they will keep coming back. Their spirit must be broken, and to to that often many people must suffer and die.
That is the way it is.
I agree with the WWII vet.
All victories have a price.
Bump. Key word, resolve.