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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Neocon who wrote (152367)11/25/2004 12:58:07 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Hi Neocon; Re: "... would have taken early losses in North Africa as a clear sign that we would lose WWII, rather than as problems to be corrected."

My complaint about Iraq is that the American people do not have the will to fight. At no time in WW2 was the will to fight lacking. They're not comparable situations. I'm not the "sort of person" who ignores the morale factor in wars. (Unlike the brilliant strategists who sucked us into Vietnam.)

Re: "I cannot set a particular figure on fatalities, since one's perception of the situation alters over time."

This is how one boils a live frog. Turn the heat up slowly.

Re: "I will say that at the beginning, I was prepared for about 5 or 6 thousand fatalities."

Yeah, that's about my guess. After about that many, the public will become too impatient to continue the losses. At the current rate, we will hit that towards the end of Bush's 2nd term, maybe earlier if he tries harder.

-- Carl
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