re: Guess I'm a crybaby

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Tom Brosz — 4/26/2004 6:37:39 PM (archived)

A lot of marine casualties in the Pacific war were due to their doctrine of using infantry assaults to destroy the enemy. The army did a lot better with their philosophy of spending more artillery shells and time, and fewer lives.

We could be losing a lot fewer Marines in Iraq if we were using artillery and bombs instead of the precision close-in fighting we are doing. Apparently the risky attempt to keep Iraqi civilian casualties to a minimum doesn't impress a lot of people.

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60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 5:02:30 PM
- re: 60th anniversary of the Battle of Exercise Tiger - Larry J - 4/26/2004 5:41:45 PM
  - Guess I'm a crybaby - alcaray - 4/26/2004 6:26:26 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Larry J - 4/26/2004 6:55:56 PM
      - Cute, Larry, but that crap ewon't fly much longer in this country. - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 2:58:49 PM
        
        You project too much - Larry J - 4/27/2004 4:14:20 PM
        
        You were doing okay there for a while... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2004 3:58:42 PM
      - Everyone not a warmonger is a coward. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 12:39:34 AM
        
        Not everyone who supports the actions in Iraq is a warmonger... - Larry J - 4/27/2004 2:34:35 PM
        
        Neither of those statements is true. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 4:57:06 PM
        
        Okay: so you are a coward - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 3:00:23 PM
        
        I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Larry J - 4/27/2004 3:35:44 PM
        
        re: I've been gone for about 2 weeks - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:22:22 PM
        
        So now you're calling me a liar - Larry J - 4/27/2004 5:08:12 PM
        
        In the interests of accuracy, you are. - Bowser - 4/27/2004 5:18:35 PM
        
        (BTW, as per obvious, I decided not to take it to flame) (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2004 4:37:02 PM
      - Americans did not become gutless, the wars did - alcaray - 4/26/2004 8:58:37 PM
        
        In 1940, most Americans opposed going to war against Germany, Japan, and Italy - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:44:46 PM
      - I don't think "gutless" is the word you're looking for. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:08:25 PM
        
        I think it is - Larry J - 4/26/2004 8:42:26 PM
        
        Was Somalia pull-out more or less emboldening then Beirut? (n/t) - Tony - 4/26/2004 8:45:07 PM
        
        Pulling out of Beruit was also wrong, IMO - Larry J - 4/26/2004 9:08:25 PM
        
        Just checking - Tony - 4/27/2004 3:59:48 PM
        
        About the same. I would put them both on the list of policy errors, myself. - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 8:58:52 PM
    - re: Guess I'm a crybaby - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2004 6:37:39 PM
      - It is a tough call, Tom - alcaray - 4/26/2004 7:00:29 PM

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