A superb piece, as it is usually the case, from Philip Giraldi in UNZ Review. Worth reading. The article resonates a lot with many points I make about the WW II and the way it is portrayed in US.
Quote from the article:
"And it was certainly easy to forget war back in the United States,
prosperous and untouched by the enemy. In Asia and Europe it is
different and that is why there is a clear reluctance to follow
Washington’s lead as global policeman. The war for many families is
still alive. Even though the World War II generation is itself vanishing
there remain numerous memorials and cemeteries as well as other
powerful physical reminders of the suffering and destruction that war
brought in every theater of that conflict.
All of which means that war, unlike for the rest of the world, is
itself pretty much an abstraction for the vast majority of Americans who
have not themselves been in the military since the draft ended in 1973....Americans see war as an endless series of patriotic bumper stickers with
the United States invariably wearing the white hat and emerging
victorious. Few consider that a kinetic experience can blow your brains
out while the boots on the ground are attached to legs that lead up to
torsos, heads and arms, all of which are vulnerable to small arms fire
and Improvised Explosive Devices."
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