lizziedog1
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One of my favorite movies is Patton. I like the opening when he is trying fire up his troops. I like the part of his speech about how Americans hate to loose. I don't know the exact words off hand, but basically we as a nation can't stand loosing and loosers. I wonder how accurate his assessment of the American psyche was?
World War Two and the first Gulf War seem to have been popular amongst most Americans. One thing they have in common is that we won. We were victorious without much doubt. Vietnam and the current wars seem to cause a lot of controversy. Could it be, that real or imagined, we seem to be on the loosing end. Is it possible if the outcomes of these wars were like the ones we won that public support would be more unanimous? Is what Patton said true? We as Americans just can stand the thought of loosing.
World War Two and the first Gulf War seem to have been popular amongst most Americans. One thing they have in common is that we won. We were victorious without much doubt. Vietnam and the current wars seem to cause a lot of controversy. Could it be, that real or imagined, we seem to be on the loosing end. Is it possible if the outcomes of these wars were like the ones we won that public support would be more unanimous? Is what Patton said true? We as Americans just can stand the thought of loosing.