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Originally Posted by Mutt
It's the main reason they dropped the atom bombs, so a million American lives wouldn't have been lost in an invasion of the Home Islands.
Americans DON'T want to fight wars where they suffer major casualties, why they spend billions on gadgetry that does the killing keeping soldiers as protected as possible.
As Patton said "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
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yeah, I have to disagree with most of this. no biggie. but that's not the primary reason we went nuclear, we dropped those bombs to send a clear message to russia, for instance. Historically, we've had no problems killing americans, from the civil war to now.
Technology is a primary driver of military weapons, we spend 750 billion a year to be the leader in military, not necc. to save lives. Sure we don't want to waste bodies but I think it's incorrect to think we would have a problem defending ourselves such that we would not fight due to a casualty rate.
Also, don't under-estimate the anti-communist sentiment that still resides and is very strong in this country. Many people here still concern themselves with communist/russian expansion and the Ukraine debacle reinforces their view.