This article really does show that we at present are not a great generation.
Before WWI and WWII there were nay sayers to join either war, which in the end probably made the world a lesser place. Delays in getting involved allowed things to escalate and only through full intervention of the US did things get pulled back to decency. Once involved, the American public stuck with the war and worked to ensure its success.
Today in Iraq it is something completely different. The pessimism that flows from our media and politicians keeps the public pessimistic. Never showing success and only dwelling on the deaths of service men and women, not to mention the costs, indicates a generation that is defeatist in the extreme. Imagine the results of WWII if this generation had been around.
Too soft, too complacent, too pessimistic.
Before WWI and WWII there were nay sayers to join either war, which in the end probably made the world a lesser place. Delays in getting involved allowed things to escalate and only through full intervention of the US did things get pulled back to decency. Once involved, the American public stuck with the war and worked to ensure its success.
Today in Iraq it is something completely different. The pessimism that flows from our media and politicians keeps the public pessimistic. Never showing success and only dwelling on the deaths of service men and women, not to mention the costs, indicates a generation that is defeatist in the extreme. Imagine the results of WWII if this generation had been around.
Too soft, too complacent, too pessimistic.
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