now that the war in iraq has lasted longer than WWII, can we still call it a cakewalk?

Question

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Answer 1

Actually, yes. Far less US troops deployed. Incredibly less casualties. We've lost about 98.5% fewer soldiers in Iraq than we did in WWII. Incredibly less sacrafice to our economy. No rationing or excess taxation.

For the others here, US involvement in WW2 lasted just over 3 1/2 years, from Dec 1941 thru Aug 1945. Iraq started in April 2003, so it's lasted over 4 years.

Answer 2

It isn't exactly a valid comparison, and nobody's called this a cakewalk. For one, we still have troops in Germany and Japan. For another, WW II was a second-generation war with some third-generation aspects, and the equivalent third-generation war in Iraq was short and decisive with few casualties. Fourth-generation wars are always noted for low intensity and long time-frames; twenty years and an unsatisfactory end for Haiti, for instance.
Analysis rather than argumentativeness is called for, or we're going to get a lot of good people killed.

Answer 3

"When cons argue that WWII was longer if you look at it from the perspective of other countries who were already at war before the US got involved, are they deliberately trying to compare apples with oranges?" Um, no, they are telling a fact. US history tell us that WW2 dated from 12-7-1941 to 8-15-1945, but that's US involvement. Britain and France had been involved since 1939, and China and Japan had involved in wars since around 1932. This comes down to when a country became involved in WW2. Of course you are comparing two different types of wars, so are you deliberately trying to compare apples with oranges?

Answer 4

I believe it has been a cakewalk sure alot of men are dyign which is awful but if you look at nam which people compare Iraq to we have lost only about a fourth of how much we lost their and we've been Iraq just as long as we've been in nam so I believe it is a cake walk on how many men we havent lost compared to other wars

Answer 5

yes
Sam is not wrong the question asked about Iraq war lasting longer than WW2 not anything about from the point of the USA entering the war.

Answer 6

Compared to estimated 60-100 million dead as a result of WW2, sure. How about the 58,000 American dead in Vietnam? Perspective is tough when it's current events. How long was the hundred years war?

Answer 7

Umm, you're right and you're wrong. I think that there were terrorist actions in Germany caused by a group called the werewolves made up mostly from ex-SS troops. These lasted through 1946.

Answer 8

Negative. Let's call it a Toffee Trot.

Answer 9

Iraq: 2003-07: 4 yrs
WWII: 1939-45:6 yrs

Can you do math?

Answer 10

The war supporters will never admit they made a mistake. Of course the supporters now have stale cake to eat.