The description of the carnage at the Falaise Pocket reminds me of the losses inflicted on Saddams forces along the "Highway of Death" after the first Gulf War. There has been much hand-wringing over the years over this punishment of the retreating Iraqis, which I have never understood. When beating back invaders, one inflicts losses when one can. The idea is to weaken, and perhaps prevent, the eventual counter-attack.
It was the right thing to do then, it is the right thing to do now. Heaven help us, but if somebody ever inflicts that sort of toll on our forces someday, it will be the right thing for them to do, as well.
It was the right thing to do then, it is the right thing to do now.
AMEN!