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Old 02-15-08, 10:21 AM   #16
bradclark1
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Originally Posted by CCIP
America: Priding itself on war-readiness, having fought no wars on home soil for over 140 years and having lost a low single-digit percentage of troops and a miniscule fraction of civilians out of the total WWI and II casualties and as compared to the Europeans.

Seriously, I would love to see what the macho conservative American's attitude to war would be tens of millions of dead sons and daughters later :hmm:
On the western front in WW2, America had more military casualties than any other nation. We paid a higher price than any European nation.
Show me any European nation that lost tens of millions.
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