On 3/4/14, 8:32 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:08:14 AM UTC-6, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Oh, I'm not denying or minimizing the casualties...


Harry, You rarely minimize casualties, especially when bloating figures make a better point for you.


I have no idea what you mean by that, Tim.







That was true in Korea and in Vietnam,

as it was in Iraq. The military thinking for those events was that "the

enemy" was a a pushover and our troops "would be home soon."

If politicians hadn't stood in the way of either, our troops "would be home soon."


We have civilian rule, Tim. Politicians have always been "in the way" in
time of war. To think otherwise is to be naive.