![]() Yes, American armed forces triumphed over the forces of fascism, sending Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo into the dustbin of history. In their adulation of the accomplishments of the Greatest Generation, Americans have forgotten why World War II ended so well. None of the wars spawned by 9/11 have ended well. In the last three decades, the United States has toppled four regimes through force of arms three of the targeted countries are currently basket cases of civil war and terrorism. rolling in his grave-three victories (Panama, the Gulf War, and Kosovo), one defeat (Vietnam), and four ambiguous outcomes (Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya). The national track record in major wars since World War II would have the actual General George S. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.” The moviemaking moment was full of irony: as the movie character Patton inspired the troops who would soon go on to cinematically annihilate Nazi Germany, a newer generation of American soldiers was fighting and dying in a war in Vietnam that the United States would definitively lose. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Now, I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. Scott) intones, “Americans play to win all the time. In his opening speech to an assembled body of troops in the iconic 1970 movie Patton, the title character (played by George C. Editor's note: This article is part of a Hoover series of essays on military history. ![]()
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