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To: rcocean

In Europe: Omaha Beach was an avoidable disaster, the Normandy hedgerows were a suprise, B-17s killed hundreds of GIs in Operation Cobra, the Falaise Gap allowed the German 7th Army to escape, the Sherman tank was inadequate, etc., etc.

Wars are difficult, criticism is easy.


91 posted on 03/10/2005 8:09:39 AM PST by aculeus (Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
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To: aculeus
Re: Wars are difficult, criticism is easy.

As General Tommy Franks said in his book, while planning the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq:

"The enemy gets a vote"

168 posted on 03/10/2005 11:10:28 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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