The PBS series, War, on KLRU or whatever is your local PBS station? It's a reminder of a different time. When wars were fought on a global scale and the cause seemed heroic and every person in America waited for the news and for their boys to come home.
Here we are, in the midst of war, again and everything is different.
Great Documentary,
Yes, AusJeb, I guess it's unfortunate that our current enemies aren't as well armed and organzied as the Nazis and Japanese. Damn it all to hell.
Maybe we should get off their ass until they can get some nukes, just to make it easier to define for you.
I've seen some simple fucking comments on this blog before but I have to say yours are right up there with the most pathetic.
Hurf durf
And let's not forget that things seemed more simple/less controversial back then in large part because the media did what it was told and did not dig into the things that the president and his merry men were not telling US citizens and, particularly, our military.
Jeebus Cristo!
Is that really the best you can do to cheer for this endless quagmire of an illegal war?
You better shape up, anon, or we will have to kick you out of the club.
We will tear up your membership card, I'm serious! You won't be able to get free access to the hindquarters of prominent Republican politicians anymore, and you know your lips are gonna miss that!
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At one point during the documentary, they played a speech by Roosevelt where he clearly laid out our war objectives: Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo.
It was a stark contrast from our current President and his war in Afganistan to remove the Taliban only to switch to Iraq, and ignore the metazizing threat in Pakistan while beating the drums about Iran, Syria, and others.