Ya know, I don't think we have any idea what they were facing then.
the country had been attacked and we were in a war with two "empires" the Japanese and the Naxi. Both of which were undefeated and looked to be undefeatable. Extreme measures were taken, did they go too far, maybe but they were taken.
The Japanese were interred.. And they didn't like it
Hawaii was under martial law..and they didn't like it
american men were drafted.. And they didn't like it
american industry was taken by the gov't for the war effort....and they didn't like it
young, old , and women were encouraged to join the labor force.. And they didn't like it
gas was rationed, coffee, sugar, nylon, etc..and they didn't like it
are we looking to the skies for bombers? looking for periscopes in the harbor? Did they march on DC and demand a 1943 Caddilac instead of a tank? Did they march on the interment camps and throw the gates open to free the "oppressed"?
They were fighting a war. We probably could not fight another like it because it would inconvenience us. Now we have police actions, UN actions, surgical strikes, oversees contingencies and we have forgotten about victory in exchange for "stopping the fighting" "stopping the killing" "managing enemies" "containment". We lost more on D-Day than the entire Afghanistan campaign
for us to sit in our air conditioned house, with the satellite tv on, in a leather office chair, wearing underwear and ear buds, looking at a flat screen typing on a keyboard spewing about how oppressive they were is foolish.
there were people that didn't like it.
some people were damaged.
there were losers
were there winners.....yes, the world
rather than point to their evil oppression, let's thank them for the sacrifice (some voluntary, some not)
and remember the ones who died
the country had been attacked and we were in a war with two "empires" the Japanese and the Naxi. Both of which were undefeated and looked to be undefeatable. Extreme measures were taken, did they go too far, maybe but they were taken.
The Japanese were interred.. And they didn't like it
Hawaii was under martial law..and they didn't like it
american men were drafted.. And they didn't like it
american industry was taken by the gov't for the war effort....and they didn't like it
young, old , and women were encouraged to join the labor force.. And they didn't like it
gas was rationed, coffee, sugar, nylon, etc..and they didn't like it
are we looking to the skies for bombers? looking for periscopes in the harbor? Did they march on DC and demand a 1943 Caddilac instead of a tank? Did they march on the interment camps and throw the gates open to free the "oppressed"?
They were fighting a war. We probably could not fight another like it because it would inconvenience us. Now we have police actions, UN actions, surgical strikes, oversees contingencies and we have forgotten about victory in exchange for "stopping the fighting" "stopping the killing" "managing enemies" "containment". We lost more on D-Day than the entire Afghanistan campaign
for us to sit in our air conditioned house, with the satellite tv on, in a leather office chair, wearing underwear and ear buds, looking at a flat screen typing on a keyboard spewing about how oppressive they were is foolish.
there were people that didn't like it.
some people were damaged.
there were losers
were there winners.....yes, the world
rather than point to their evil oppression, let's thank them for the sacrifice (some voluntary, some not)
and remember the ones who died
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