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Originally Posted by websiex
Well, maybe if you were a general you could've won the war in 30 days like you say, but don't you think that the military would have bombed the proper targets to begin with instead of mindlessly bombing like you're saying... I mean, they killed over 2 million civilians in the war by mindlessly bombing, yet you are saying they could've WON in 30 days by bombing "proper targets". (Probably with less civilian casualities)
Anyway, I still don't believe it is "pussyfooting" when 3.5 million troops serve in a war, although your definition and mine may vary. I see your "pussyfooting" as horrible leadership (10 year war could've been 30 days?).
And, The Cold War could've been over in 1 day if we used "tactical nukes".
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The military was denied permission to bomb strategic targets because of the micro management by polictical leaders for political reasons. The same problem that took place in Korea and the same problem that is currently taking place in Iraq. It wasn't until Nixon finally removed some of the restrictions on strategic targets and the 24/7 bombing on these targets brought the North to the peace table and an agreement in just 11 days.