WWII is gone daddy gone
World War II was the perfect war for the United States. We didn't start it. We didn't join it for the wrong reasons. We were on the right side. We were attacked. We defened ourselves. We fought hard enough to be sure that we were tested to the fullest of our abilities, as were our enemies, and we prevailed.
We prevailed not only because we were stronger, smarter and damn lucky, but because our way of life was superior. The American fighting man of World War II wasn't the most disciplined soldier on the battlefield nor did he have the most training or experience with war. He knew he was right. He knew what was at stake.
We won because our mettle was tested and found not wanting of anything plus our men had lived through the deprivations of the Great Depression. We were the good guys. Our victory was clean and pure, hard-earned and mostly guilt free.
If there was ever a war like World War II in all of history, I haven't heard about it and if another opportunity like it comes along, I hope the cockroaches enjoy it as much as we did.
1 comment:
Yeah, it is pretty much about as righteous as you get war wise. Sure we did "questionable" things like bombing the absolute living hell out of civilian populations but that also makes war more unpalatable. Do you suppose that if we did not have "smart bombs" today and we had to kill 250,000+ Iraqi civilians to prevail that we would be quite as anxious to go to war? Making war "neat" sounds like a good idea but I wonder if it really is.
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