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Originally posted by MichiganMat
I can understand the frustration you might have with people like that, but if we can't trust/expect our government (by and for the people) to make somewhat decent decisions for us then maybe we need to appoint a King and not a President and forget that America ever existed. We expect the best in here, its what makes us great. When we start settling for what we've got we might as well dissolve the Union because what would be the point?
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Agree completely. I think anyone who is really aware of the "facts" (at least as the public knows them) surrounding this war and the leadup to it would say that hindsight being 20/20 we should not have invaded Iraq. No WMD, links to al Qaeda are thready at best, significant insurgency to deal with, conservative Muslims taking power, etc, etc, etc.
That doesn't change the fact the current generations of Americans just don't have the determination and "stick-to-it-tiveness" that they did in the WWII era. Those people lived through the Great Depression and knew what it was to struggle. They expected to work hard to make a living. They didn't expect the Gubmint to bail them out at every turn. They saw the war as a righteous effort to defeat evil in Europe. As I recall we lost more men in a few days on Iwo Jima than we have lost in this entire war. Yet you can't turn on the news without someone talking about the incredibly "high price" of this war. Don't get me wrong, even one life is a high price to pay, but I honestly think if WWII happened tomorrow, the current generation of Americans and the current generation of media would have likely lost the war.