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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Wow!
Ustwo? You mentioned up above there somewhere that it would've taken a string of 9-11's to get people motivated to do what it takes. Why? Have we waited to long? Is the memory of that day so distant? There was, after all, only one Pearl Harbor. And although the magnitude of December 7, 1941 was greater, wasn't the effect the same? Weren't we attacked by an external force?
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First off Bill I think your thread went right where it mattered which is who REALLY supports the troops and who just gives lip service. I think that came out pretty clearly
But what I meant by the 'string of 9-11's' is that if we were in a situation where rationing WAS needed, Americans as a whole would do so, and do so willingly. Iraq is something of a bad example because it is not such a drain on resources that rationing would be needed. We are not running out of anything and since the war has become a political fight at home with those who want us to surrender and those who want us to win, it makes it difficult to separate emotions.
So despite some bitter posters, if it were REALLY needed American's would do what we had to do to win, and if rationing became part of it, we would.