Ouch! So those ribbon magnets plastered on the backs of vehicles in the WalMart parking lot don't count as sacrifices on the home front? My mother, BTW, still has a copy of her WWII ration card.
Notice his clip of a dumbass jarhead bitching about a reporter from The Economist; I read this magazine religiously and have not seen anything that corresponds with his claims. Then he goes further to defend the tactics that resulted in our failing liberation. Pat Dollard is nothing more than a profiteering idiologue and sycophant to narrow minded marines.
OTOH, maybe the USMC have read Baudrillard. They're the ones doing the fighting, but we are ALL presumed to be at war. The war exists for them - but does it exist for us? The terrorist atrocites of 9/11, Madrid, Bali, 7/7 were aimed at us civilians, yet we aren't expected to fight back but still expected to adopt a warlike stance. Just a few thoughts.
I'm not sure how much we should read into this. That quote there isn't just a shot at us back home, but the Army, Air Force and Navy, none of which are mentioned in the war effort. Sounds like some old-fashioned Marine bluster to me...
I think we tend to over-idealize the sacrifice of World War II. Sacrifice wasn't a solidarity measure, it was a dire necessity given the scale of that conflict. We have a professional military and developed economy now, not a conscript military and depression-scarred economy struggling to industrialize overnight.
All that aside, I don't think the lack of effort on part of the war's supporters is nearly as pressing a problem as the fact that a majority of citizens don't seem to support the war at all.
Yah, I'm just being incendiary. But still, if I were a Marine, I'd feel like I'd have the raw end of the deal if I were in Iraq. Afghanistan, former Yugoslavia, not so much.
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Joe
March 10, 2007
4:04 am
Sonagi
March 10, 2007
1:12 pm
red ant
March 10, 2007
9:01 pm
300 Reasons for a Letdown : Left Flank
March 11, 2007
4:22 am
kevin
March 11, 2007
9:44 am
Notice his clip of a dumbass jarhead bitching about a reporter from The Economist; I read this magazine religiously and have not seen anything that corresponds with his claims. Then he goes further to defend the tactics that resulted in our failing liberation. Pat Dollard is nothing more than a profiteering idiologue and sycophant to narrow minded marines.
Nick
March 11, 2007
11:17 am
Pius Aeneas
March 11, 2007
7:40 pm
I think we tend to over-idealize the sacrifice of World War II. Sacrifice wasn't a solidarity measure, it was a dire necessity given the scale of that conflict. We have a professional military and developed economy now, not a conscript military and depression-scarred economy struggling to industrialize overnight.
All that aside, I don't think the lack of effort on part of the war's supporters is nearly as pressing a problem as the fact that a majority of citizens don't seem to support the war at all.
Sonagi
March 11, 2007
10:31 pm
"Sacrifice wasn't a solidarity measure, it was a dire necessity given the scale of that conflict."
It was also a reflection of the living standards at the time. Malls did not become popular until the post-war prosperity period.
Durf
March 12, 2007
4:38 am
alec
March 15, 2007
3:47 pm
Rommel
March 16, 2007
2:14 am
you are joking, non?
If not, please elaborate...
alec
March 20, 2007
4:22 pm