On 2007-11-13 23:01:53 -0800, Jim Logajan said:

"Ash Wyllie" wrote:
Nice article in today's WSJ online edition

http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110010857

by our own cubdriver.

First paragraph is IMHO awful. First 20 words used "we" to make a false
claim that certainly doesn't speak for most Americans. Then went on to
completely overlook (i.e. "little to compare") the carnage of the American
Civil War (what's with that blind spot of a lot of writers lately anyway?)
wherein total American casualties exceeded that of WWII (keep in mind also
the relative population sizes made the Civil War even worse), among other
horrors visited on the civilan population (e.g Sherman's March).

Stimson was probably right, though. It was probably worse than anything
that ever happened in the world. American casualties were relatively
light, especially among civilians, and they were less than the Civil
War. But when you start figuring in Europe and Asia, and including the
associated genocides, etc., WW II was truly horrific. For proportion of
population killed, though, I think that Frederick the Great saw entire
regions completely depopulated.
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