Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "Keith Kellogg: We haven't really gone to the root cause - Iran" video.
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The two Fox guys clearly weren’t understanding Lieutenant-General (ret) Kellogg’s Civil War and WWII examples, or have a poor grasp of history. When Sherman’s Scorched Earth March to the Sea was finished, the Confederacy knew they were defeated since continuation would just result in more cities burned to the ground. Dresden, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima rammed home the fact that further resistance to the Allies was futile, as continuation would simply mean more cities bombed and burned out of existence. The enemies were DETERRED from continuing to make war. Maybe the scope was too large for these two media guys to wrap their heads around.
It also was disrespectful to challenge Kellogg using those two’s tone of voice and, especially, interrupting and talking over him. They both immediately assumed the Lieutenant-General’s examples either covered the entire war, or that the two examples were somehow escalatory to the chaos of the two wars. The Fox gentlemen were completely incorrect, but for some reason they chose to get very defensive and assume Kellogg didn’t know what he was talking about. Since he was an invited guest contributor, protocol and just plain manners dictates he’s going to be correct and that it is yourselves that weren’t understanding. You guys cut him off and eliminated his opportunity to explain his examples.
Bad form.
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