[lit-ideas] Re: Barnett's Blueprint for Action
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:26:39 -0400
>> I know Lawrence and Eric don't care for facts.
The US big picture is at:
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/stats/warcost.htm
and the world big picture is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
(Don't miss the pie-chart of Allied casualties mid-page.)
Furthermore, when Lawrence notes that it is the objective of
soldiers to make the OTHER SIDE die for their country, he's
spot on. The Wiki article cited above states, "... some
nations had a higher casualty rate than others, due to a
number of factors including military tactics, crimes against
humanity, economic preparedness and the level of
technology." If the Soviets didn't use the crude
slaughtering tactics of Zhukov and his ilk, the Soviet count
would have been significantly lower.
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