Post; We couldn't win a "WWII" today!

Chief Bones · December 16th, 2005

I just know that I am opening up a can of worms with this next statement.

WE COULDN'T WIN A WWII WAR TYPE SCENARIO TODAY - THE REPORTING OF EMBEDDED REPORTERS ABOUT 6,000 DEATHS WITHIN A 74 HOUR PERIOD WOULD BE SO HORRENDOUS THAT NAMBPAMBY PEACENIKS AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS WOULD OOZE OUT OF THE WOODWORK IN SUCH GREAT NUMBERS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CAVE IN TO DEMANDS THAT WE BRING OUR TROOPS HOME.

(Sorry for all caps). I figured that I may as well shout this statement and get it done with.

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All of us know what it was like during the Vietnam era. Could you just imagine how much worse it would be today if we were to suffer the kind of casualties that took place during WWI and WWII with todays immediate (24hr) television news coverage. If IwoJima didn't send them scrambling for cover then coverage of follow on campaigns would have caused such widespread rioting in our streets that even the National Guard could not have handled it. It would lead to almost immediate capitulation on Congress's part (suing for peace) and an immediate call for the President's resignation on the part of the party not in power. There'd be such a donnybrook of a fight in Washington DC that the battlefields would NOT be the ONLY place the blood was flowing. The demand by average American Janes and Joes would over rule any battlefield commander's assessments of what the taking of that particular fly speck means to the overall strategy that planning the next stage of operations would almost grind to a halt.

Without the free flowing strategy planning for a WWII style of warfare, the steps for victory would most assuredly grind to a halt. This would ultimately lead (if not to defeat) at least to a ceasefire of the Korean War type.

December 16th, 2005
Chief Bones Forums Grumpy Old Man Gear	Post; We couldn't win a "WWII" today! I just know that I am opening up a can of worms with this next statement. WE COULDN'T WIN A WWII WAR TYPE SCENARIO TODAY - THE REPORTING OF EMBEDDED REPORTERS ABOUT 6,000 DEATHS WITHIN A 74 HOUR PERIOD WOULD BE SO HORRENDOUS THAT NAMBPAMBY PEACENIKS AND ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS WOULD OOZE OUT OF THE WOODWORK IN SUCH GREAT NUMBERS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CAVE IN TO DEMANDS THAT WE BRING OUR TROOPS HOME. *(Sorry for all caps).* I figured that I may as well shout this statement and get it done with. ================================================== ==== All of us know what it was like during the Vietnam era. Could you just imagine how much worse it would be today if we were to suffer the kind of casualties that took place during WWI and WWII with todays immediate (24hr) television news coverage. If IwoJima didn't send them scrambling for cover then coverage of follow on campaigns would have caused such widespread rioting in our streets that even the National Guard could not have handled it. It would lead to almost immediate capitulation on Congress's part (suing for peace) and an immediate call for the President's resignation on the part of the party not in power. There'd be such a donnybrook of a fight in Washington DC that the battlefields would NOT be the ONLY place the blood was flowing. The demand by average American Janes and Joes would over rule any battlefield commander's assessments of what the taking of that particular fly speck means to the overall strategy that planning the next stage of operations would almost grind to a halt. Without the free flowing strategy planning for a WWII style of warfare, the steps for victory would most assuredly grind to a halt. This would ultimately lead (if not to defeat) at least to a ceasefire of the Korean War type. __________________ Fair winds and following seas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < and long may your big jib draw. *-W.R.B. (Chief Bones) FCC(SW) USN(RET)-* Last edited by Chief Bones; December 16th, 2005 at 09:06.