Posted by The Dukester on February 24, 2015 at 11:01:19 from (204.106.241.43):
In Reply to: 70 years ago... posted by Ultradog MN on February 24, 2015 at 09:18:38:
Sure, we can read about the virtually limitless acts of heroism of our military people in WWII. We can recall the trememdous efforts of the enemies to keep us from conquering them, and then take a lot pride in the fact we overcame these obstacles and totally conquered the enemies, then occupied their countries, reestablished and "steered" their governments, helped them rebuild their economies and they in turn, in time, have become some of our staunchest allies. We saw to it that Germany, Italy, or Japan could not, as a nation, or from within their nation, develop any force that could be a peril to our nation or other nations of the world. But, what have we done since then, what has become of the nations and their forces we have since conquered? The only war we have really won was the Cold War...The real danger of Soviet Russia and Communism....Doing that with a show of force that our potential enemy could not strategically equal or by it's presence could risk trying to conquer us. We conquered them with a strategic force of bombers and ICBM's, potentially "outgunning" them and in time outlasting them economically, in that era at least...But, like Germany after WWI, they are now "regrouping", economically and militarily and may present a serious menace to us and the rest of the world in time. We won a lot of battles in Korea, but we didn't occupy the enemy's country or do much of anything to eliminate the possibility of the enemy being a constant threat to future peace in the area. I don't think recalling the epic of the Viet Nam War and what it turned out to be is needed here, and even Desert Storm didn't result in any sort of lasting peace for people in the general area of the conflict. So then, in time, we've found reason to literally overrun Iraq and dispose of it's tyrannical leader. But, now we learn we apparently have left it in total disarray as far as assuring it has qualified leadership and economic, social, and civil stability. So, Hurrah For, and God Bless Ira Hayes and his heroic campanions on Mt Surabachi(sp).... For now we should just try and forget the wars we've won but really haven't finished since....
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