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Originally Posted by bellskids
Hmm surely Vietnam was won in this way? Won by the Viet Cong of course. The american people lost the will to fight after seeing the horrendous casualties being inflicted upon their troops that were broadcast into their homes day after day for years at a time. I think this is happening right now to a lesser extent with the wars in the middle east. In a couple more years the demand to bring our soldiers home will force the hand of the powers that be.
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9-11 changed the attitude of Americans. As we saw in the bombing of WTC, doing nothing doesn't prevent the civilian casualties on OUR side, which makes Americans much less sensitive to the casualties on THEIR side.
If every moslem terrorist gets AIDS tomorrow- no to many Americans shed any tears.