[jjdees]

Captain, I've had the same thoughts many times. Our manufacturing industry is nearly down to the car companies, and the media and lots of politicians find fault with the US actions in conflicts, and sympathize with the enemy's. If we had todays political climate and today's media with it's stars ex. Katie Couric, Matt Lauer etc., we would be speaking Japanese or German if we were still alive. Most US citizens don't realize that we, the Germans and the Japanese killed POWs because there were no other choices. The soldiers to guard POWs, food, medical,and clothing supplies were all desperately needed to fight the war. When the Germans surrendered during the Bulge, a lot of them were executed by GIs. I'm not condoning what happened in WWII. War is ugly beyond belief. But the public outrage over stupid acts like Abu Ghraib makes you wonder.