[Chi-townChief]

The demorats and their media toadies would have sold this to us a great failure today.

[Thrownatbirth]

Murtha would be bemoaning the loss of 307 men in one week for “a handful of Jap rust-buckets”.

[elcid1970]

You’re right about that. “Was the carrier Yorktown lost due to incompetence or overreaching?” would have been the lead editorial of the New York Slimes.

“Four Japanese Carriers Sunk - Overkill or Racism in Action” screams the Washington Post.

Thank G-d for our brave military - they made it possible for me to be able to write this!

[Loyal Buckeye]

The demorats and their media toadies would have sold this to us a great failure today.

Yep, the headline, if written by today's standards would state:

U.S. loses carrier and a destroyer in battle. Democrats demand Congressional investigation.

[Thermalseeker]

The demorats and their media toadies would have sold this to us a great failure today.

Or, more likely, the NY Slimes or the Washington Compost would have leaked the battle plan....