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Originally Posted by dyna mo
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.
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Civilized secular countries don't fight until there's one person left standing, if Britain had lost the Battle of Britain and Hitler had invaded by sea as he planned to the Brits would have put up a fight the best they could but it wouldn't have lasted long, they weren't going to throw the Queen in front of a German tank - they would have made whatever deal they had to.
Which is my whole point, not that Americans are cowards, but that there comes a point when you take a defeat before you lose 27 million soldiers, women and children.
'Better Dead Than Red' is a patriotic slogan but I think if you put that proposition to the test with people today I think the majority would choose to live.