Oh they did, for a time after the war.CameronPoe wrote:
They lost the moment Britain drew their borders. They lost again the day USA started supplying Saddam with weapons. They lost a final time when the death/day rate reached a level well in excess of anything Saddam achieved. Germany and Japan are crap analogies. Germany and Japan weren't vehemently continuing the battle to the tune of losing more than 100 citizens a day.ATG wrote:
Did they, did they really?
Did Germany lose? Did Japan?
It could be that our act was the one defining moment that propelled the region to a better standard of living.
Only with time may we fairly judge.
Remember, Truman left office with a 25% approval rating. History regards him now as a good war time president. Jimmy Carter was hated like the plague when he left office, proving that some things never change.
I had an great uncle wounded in combat in Germany in 1947.
The war was over, right?