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The "greatest generation" had such an event to deal with in terms of World War II. We all know how that turned out. Everybody made the necessary sacrifices to support the war effort both at home and on the front lines. We will win, no matter what it takes. Fight to the last man!


Too much Hollywood rewriting of history I'm afraid. Sorry to burst your bubble. There was such as a thing as the lost division. Even the history of the TV show 'Band of Brothers' was incorrect, as most of them would have actually died in 1943 (would never have made it to Normandy, the remainder getting killed on the first day) during the invasion of Sicily, killed by there own side (shot out of the sky) under the command of a fellow called Westmorland (the guy who went on to run the effort in the Vietnam War). And the US invasion of Normandy was less than half of the allied force size, although from the film 'Saving Private Ryan', you would never know. wink

Hopefully Generation Z won't be duped into further wars (enterprises for politicians and scoundrels). As Samuel Johnson once said 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel'.

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what will we do?


What ever it takes by hopefully thinking for yourself and not following the crowd like a lemming.

Try the movie called the 'The hill ', a story of a man (Sean Connery character) who wouldn't fight to the last man.



Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (07/31/11 11:54 PM)