Well at least you read the article. Not certain what your question to me is.
Both the columnist and the author seem to take exception to the fact that Iwo Jima had to be taken.
Next some idiot will question the cost to having NATO since the Soviets never did invade Western Europe.
I did not read the columnist's entire article, but only the two excerpts quickly provided at the beginning of the thread. I found the columnist to either be ignorant of some rather basic facts or intentionally glossing over those facts to promote an agenda. I did read the Cpl's entire article, which was taken from Capt. Burrell's study.