Comment Re:better ways to serve (Score 1) 1014
South Korea has remained free. Our objective there was to stop the spread, not conquor the North.
Santa Ana won the battle, but lost the war. The backlash caused by some good spin and his brutality to the people of the Alamo ended up costing him everything. The movie != the whole story.
WWI was not pretty, but it was won. The harsh restrictions placed upon Germany after the war was over is what let to the environment where Hitler could seize power.
And who delivered those bombs? Who conquered the islands that the planes flew from to drop the bombs? Who crewed the ship that transported the bomb to said island?
Communism collapsed because their economy could not keep up with us. It was a cold war, but it was won.
Saddam's army no longer exists as a fighting force. It was obliterated. The guerilla forces in Iraq have no hope of militarily driving the U.S. out of the country. The fighters are not an army. They have no uniforms, command structure or national flag to fight under. They do not fight under the auspices of the Geneva Convention.
Santa Ana won the battle, but lost the war. The backlash caused by some good spin and his brutality to the people of the Alamo ended up costing him everything. The movie != the whole story.
WWI was not pretty, but it was won. The harsh restrictions placed upon Germany after the war was over is what let to the environment where Hitler could seize power.
And who delivered those bombs? Who conquered the islands that the planes flew from to drop the bombs? Who crewed the ship that transported the bomb to said island?
Communism collapsed because their economy could not keep up with us. It was a cold war, but it was won.
Saddam's army no longer exists as a fighting force. It was obliterated. The guerilla forces in Iraq have no hope of militarily driving the U.S. out of the country. The fighters are not an army. They have no uniforms, command structure or national flag to fight under. They do not fight under the auspices of the Geneva Convention.
