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To: longnshort who wrote (130640)	4/30/2004 10:14:29 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi longnshort; Re: ""Prior to our attack on Iwo Jima, I was told to expect no more than 13,000 Japanese defenders and a three- to five-day operation. There were actually 23,000 Japanese troops, and the operation lasted five weeks with unexpectedly heavy Marine casualties, the last pocket being our regimental zone of responsibility." But, the veteran says, "Not one Marine returned home to denounce the war, accuse fellow Marines of massive atrocities, and attack the president for bad intelligence and lying to the people. We just gritted our teeth and finished the job." This is an astute observation. The American people's will to fight in WW2 was a hell of a lot stronger than it is now to fight in Iraq. That's the primary problem with the Iraq war, it cannot be won because we lack the will. But pointing out this difference in will, isn't going to shame people into wanting to fight anymore than pointing out the differences in the Administration's various reasons for why we should fight will shame them into honorably admitting that we had no real reason for going in. -- Carl