If an enemy commits unimaginable atrocities, do you think it causes the opponent to "lose their taste for battle"?
2006-07-16 06:19:46 · 5 answers · asked by ed 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No, it really doesn't. It actually strengthens resolve ... usually.
In the case of the U.S., however ... thanks to the anti-war faction and the anti-war media ... there is a tendency to accept what the terrorists say as Gospel. In other words, every atrocity they commit is the fault of the U.S.
It is that inability to see the truth behind the propoganda, and the willingness to believe that the U.S. government is lying about anything and everything ... that causes people to think this nation has lost its "taste".
Only the insane, by the way, have a "taste" for war. Even when it is inevitable and breaks out ... war is horrible.
2006-07-16 06:32:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Atrocities do more political damage to the people committing them than they do to the enemy, because they turn world opinion against the guilty parties.
2006-07-16 13:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by ConcernedCitizen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I think it may only strengthen their opponents resolve .
2006-07-16 13:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it does.
Sometimes it does not.
2006-07-16 13:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-16 13:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by kyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋