How may died per month in WW2?
8,200 on average.
50 on average in Iraq. One life lost sucks big time. But is often necessary. What would have happened if we had 24/7 media coverage on Bloody Omaha Beach? Would the USA have lost their will?
2006-12-30 05:25:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I couldn't agree with you more. Consider that over 250,000 Americans were killed in WWII. In just short of 4 years. We are now in a war which we have been in for over 3 years and have lost 3,000. Now as you said, any loss of life is an unfortunate outcome, however, war is not a pretty thing.
If we had that media coverage in the days of WWII the Americans probably would have lost there will until they found out what Hitler was really up to with the concentration and death camps. I think then the resolve and determination would have been heightened. Thanks for an intelligent question and have a nice day.
2006-12-30 05:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, here every able bodied man was sent to fight during ww2, and rest of the population did their share of work in the war effort.
I do not suppose it needs to be covered if one is in the middle of it. Otherwise it becomes a war of the elitist that doesn't really touch the common person, and it is not always clear why one should support soldiers in a far off land.
2006-12-30 05:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by dane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Americans suffer from ADD. Americans think war should last only as long as the football season and end in a Superbowl. If it lasts longer or requires some effort they want to pick up their toys and go home. That is why we have not won a war since 1945.
2006-12-30 05:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sadly.. yes. If there were 24/7 news coverage during the Normandy Invasion it would have been deemed a failure. And the talking heads would have been out there protesting that Germany didn't bomb Pearl harbor.
2006-12-30 05:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can go back as far as George Washington to find warnings about a democracy getting involved in a long war. I think it was Washington himself who talked about it and the frame of reference was the long wars that had been going on in Europe.
I believe a lot of the frustration is not so much in the casualty rate as the perception of a lack of progress along with that casualty tate.
2006-12-30 05:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by k3s793 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
N O!! Y E S, with the 24/7 commie news media coverage,
the US would have lost the will and the war and these idiots would all be speaking German and Japanese. MUZZLE the
News Media!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-30 05:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i dont think any world country poses a threat
china may be a super power along with india and maybe russia
but america is a hyper power and like the romans our country will not be destroyed from the outside but the inside
romans had too many civil wars and cults
and america has an anti-american media
bombs and rifles wont kill us news desks will
conclusion: BAN ALL NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-30 05:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by Indio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! You're Right!!! Thank GOD somebody else believes that that more American soldiers need to die and the media needs to ignore it more.
2006-12-30 05:50:21 · answer #8 · answered by Crypto Jew Boy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, good point.
2006-12-30 05:28:56 · answer #9 · answered by I Hate Liberals 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think they would back then but now they would with all of these liberals
2006-12-30 05:29:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋