Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "Fox News" channel.

  1. Woodward is not in the tribal Clinton camp. And he does not trash the president, he is very classy - but he SPOKE to the people of the inner circle - why to you think they were willing to talk to him ? I saw a few interviews - Woodward is very careful and thoughtful about WHAT he says, does not speculate when invited to do so by the journalists. He also said the recent New York Times op-ed would not meet his standards (too vague, no specifics). And that he does not do "off the record". Hiding the names of the sources - Yes, but not "off the record". It is a little bit like the public and private opinion of Hillary Clinton. Trump does not have the mental capcity to be president, never mind the rest of the qualifications. THAT was clear to see long before the book. And has nothing to do with Trump's political stance. it may be beginning dementia - could hit a well suited person as well. Even Trump respects Woodward as journalist - and would have given him a interview - at least he said so. Woodward played a record in a recent interview (he had the president's permission to record). Trump: I would have loved to meet with you, you were always fair to me. "they" never told me that you asked repeatedly for a meeting. Whom did you ask ? Woodward answers that - and also informed Trump that the book would not be on the friendly side. Now Trump may have deflected - but there is no doubt that Woodward is a legend. And you bet the people around Trump did NOT want him to meet with a smart journalist that has such a reputation (others can be dismissed - hard to do that with Woodward). The sane people clearly want to see Trump gone (which would get Mike Pence into power, holy shit !). There is a breakfast recorded this summer (before the Helsinki summit) regarding NATO. Sitting next to Trump, the ambassador to NATO (or envoy), Mike Pompeo and Kelly. Kelly could just about avoid a face palm. Watch the video and the body language of the people that are very influental in the cabinet.
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  2. If Trump - a New Yorker - chose not to be informed about these issues and chose not rock the boat - he will not do it now either. The President - or former when he dealt in real estate - do not need a comedian if they want to be informed. - They and Trump's children and the rest of the upper class and political class do not care. I assume the haves had their children and their nannies transported away to safe areas as soon as that was possible.
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  3. You may sign up for the military. Israel wants the U.S. to fight for their foreign policy goals in Syria and Iran (and Saudi Arabia would like to use the U.S. soldiers as their mercenaries as well, but KSA at least offered to pay. see John Kerry Congressional hearing).
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  4.  @ManzmussulFitness  Biden appears vulnerable, lost when he has these frequen moments (I almost pity him and I do not like the policies of Biden at all). Trump - which is an intellectual midget - will dance circles around him during the debates nontheless. Trump does not look weak (for many voters) when he says dumb stuff. Biden DOES look weak. And the Democratic "leadership" should be ashamed of themselves. They and corporate "liberal" media know what is going on. In the end they would rather lose to Trump than win with Sanders. Trump has some stress and he continues to say dumb stuff (additionally to all other character flaws), but I do not see him decline (we do not know how people experience him that have been close between 2015 and 2020). But for the public he seems to be unchanged - and many voters found him good enough in 2016: He is as inept as he was in 2016. worse: his approval ratings IMPROVED after the impeachment trial was over. Well done Democratic "leadership". They should have impeached him earlier and on much broader grounds - or not at all.
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  5. She is in good shape, doing planks and stuff. Eats well, sharp brain. Certainly in much better shape than Scalia. She'll stay until 2021. Bernie 2020
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  6. A Scientologist running for Congress - what could possibly go wrong ?? - I just saw a video (suggestion with the headline) that she wants to "expose" the Hollywood Swamp (Tucker Carlson). Well, the folks of Hollywood are not the bigges problem the country has (not even Weinstein et al) - and she can start out with exposing the swamp of her cult.
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  7. He was endangering the congregation AND society at large. Good they got to him, that will discourage the others that think they are so special that the rules to do not apply. 2 weeks in a Canadian prison are not that bad. - btw: you will not have Catholic priests undermining public safety that way.
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  8. part 1 of 2 1:00 "Surface temp. is more: 9/10 of a degree Celsius compared to 100 years ago". First LIE of the fossil fuel / CATO shill: That IS a MAJOR rise, especially considering how QUICKLY it went (in ONLY 100 years) and that we cannot find any NATURAL reasons for it The activity of the sun, the energy of solar radiation has slighly decreased in the last 40 years. Those variations in the energy we are getting from the sun are always small - that is even true when they had been enough to be the trigger for a feedback loop that had started a glaziation! Luckily our star / source of energy has been VERY reliable and steady over the billions of years. The last variation (40 years) was only TINY. Not so much that scientiest would expect that they could measure a cooling (the other variability drowning it out) - but the sun / solar radiation it is certainly NOT the explanation for the MASSIVE AND FAST RISE OF THE GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMEPRATURE. Cato shill Michaels: "That is not much".
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  9. ahem - police calling in sick in masses. they are not there to protect. they only protect their own lifes and shoot immediately if they feel a little scared OR any citizen annoys them. They can't help the person in Seattle, they just can investigate after the fact. In TN they just let a man drown and did not even attempt to help him. 8 minutes footage, they even mocked him while he begged for help. Was in a forest, a branch may have been a good idea, those morons did not even think of that (or they did not bother).
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  10.  @ManzmussulFitness  Yes, Biden is indeed in cognitive decline. Look at footage (there are compilations) when he debated Paul Ryan in 2012 (VP vs. VP pick). Biden was a different beast then, he did well and most agreed that he won. - Trump also declined (see interviews of 10 - 15 years ago) and he did not decline from a high level to begin with. BUT: Trump said dumb stuff in 2016 (not to mention the mean and unpresidential statements) but he is good on the stage as performer, and after all he won against a crowded Republican field with some heavy weights. being himself. he has enough bravado in him to gloss over his moments, and enough people seem to be satisfied with that "performance".
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  11. Yes for some common sense and less greed (or selfish stubbornness). Fundraising works better if people attend in person. Of course he could have preached the gospel online, or with help of mail, email, phone calls .....
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  12. +C'mon Dog Heckling and calling out POLITICIANS in the public sphere ... Free Speech it is called. (which can be offensive, and it SHOULD be if it is as well deserved as now). Note how the public shaming FOR POLITICIANS came only RECENTLY because of the clusterfuck they made out of picking up migrants and taking (and losing) their - often little - children.
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  13. 40 % of the population do not have the savings for a 400 USD emergency. If that is the GOOD economy I wonder what the eocnomic downturn looks like. over 30,000 people dying per year because of lack of healthcare, 1 out of 4 ration insuline. That is NOT an advanced society. It is late stage capitalism.
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  14. He was endangering the congregation AND society at large. Good they got to him, that will discourage the others that think they are so special that the rules to do not apply. 2 weeks in a Canadian prison are not that bad. - btw: you will not have Catholic priests undermining public safety that way.
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  15. He is a wannabe bully, a liar and a coward on top. Now Fox - invite the WITNESSES ! Like TX Republican Roger Williams. Funny how he stayed under the radar, did not comment on the story, but also did not back up Yoho. AOC called Yoho out on the floor and also mentioned Roger Williams walking along with Yoho - so he must have heard it. If AOC had lied about Yoho (or if the reporter had lied) - that would be the time to step up for a Republican collegue, no ? Plus at least one reporter a regular on Capitol Hill (they have to stay on good terms with all representatives, D or R, so I do not see why he would lie about it). Plus AOC - after an spirited exchange of tweets - let it go. No one expected it to blow up. BUT: then he came out with his non-apology. I think the party leadership forced him. Dude is too much a coward to proudly stand by his bullying and name calling. so this is when AOC got back to the issue. She got time privilege on the floor. She reminded him. Having a daughter or a wife does not make a man decent. And that she is 2 years younger than his youngest daughter. And that his conduct (in congress no less) is the signal to other men that such behavior is O.K. - also making his daughters fair game.
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  16. Yes, after Bobby Kennedy was also shot his memoires were posthumously released. He was Attorney General and part of the crisis cabinet during the Cuban Crisis. - JFK got the advice by some generals to launch first - but luckily decided otherwise. Can you imagine - in 1991 the Soviet Union stepped down voluntarily from the Cold War, and that could have been achieved much earlier with a less bellicose U.S. And also reigned in the military. No entering ships with force for instance w/o his explicit consent. He wanted to make sure the generals could not start something, that would escalate. - if they did it would be out of the chain of command.
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  17. ..... yeah, a low wage economy and a bubble with too low interest rates (considering hihger employment) and by pumping up debt and deficits even more. It is easy to fabricate a sugar high for some time. ....the cyclic downturn is about to come, let's hope that it will happen still under Trump, so he can take responsibility for that as well.
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  18.  @ManzmussulFitness  worse: Trump's approval ratings IMPROVED after the impeachment trial was over. Well done Democratic "leadership". They should have impeached him earlier and on much broader grounds - or not at all. Trump's base obviously does not see him like I do, and his approval ratings went up after the Impeachment trial. And it is not as if the "liberal" media had been negligent on reporting on all the outrageous things that Trump said. he has been out there talking dumb and was exposed. The media covers for Biden (except for FOX) and the campaign hid Biden as good as they could, he was not present in the Super Tuesday states. (hardly any groundgame in Alabama, but won with a wide margin). He lives off name recognition (was well known in the Clinton era, and VP), Obama nostalgia, plus extremely biased "liberal" media. Millionaires doing propaganda for the interests of billionare owners of the networks. Sanders bashing + fawning over Biden and glossing over his voting record (when he was normal) and his cognitive decline now. I saw a clip with a former miner from West Virginia (he now works in the fast food industry, of course at lower wages). A friend of Jimmy Dore, so the clip should be on his channel (late 2016). "We knew that Trump was a loudmouth Yankee, but Hillary did not give us anything to vote for."
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  19. As for "slashed regulations" gifts to the coal industry to poison people and as for Big Pharma, see the book by Katherin Eban Bottle of lies. (chilling what is going on with cheap generic drugs produced in China and India, 80 % of the market). - that research relates to the time under Obama (for the most part, the project went over years). Big Pharma got gifts by every pres. Bush2 Medicare banned from negotiating drug prices / Obama Patent extensions and ACA as a gift to the whole industry / Trump - in his era they got even looser regulations before a drug is allowed to be used in the U.S., they already had a fasttrack the rules are much more stricter in Europe. But I assume it does not matter if people die of undetected side effects, etc.
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  20. The U.S. also does not need benign monarchs or aristocrats. - I thought that had been settled in 1776
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  21. The deal under Clinton was not honored by the U.S. they did NOT live up to their side of the deal. And THEN came the Cheney/Bush admin in eager search of an ENEMY. Axis of evil anyone ? And then came the Afghanistan war (war prepared in summer 2001, 9/11 was the pretext to sell the invasion to the voters, the U.S. was in Afghanistan a few weeks later that would have been IMPOSSIBLE, war is a major logistic undertaking). In 2003 came Iraq - with a LIE. If Iraq had nukes - do you think the U.S. would have invaded them ? Hell, no. Then in 2011 "Gadaffi had to go". Then "Assad had to go". Funny enough in Syria the U.S. supports the same Al Qaeda (resp.their spin offs) that - allegedly - was responsible for 9/11. Now why would NK not want nukes. Or Iran for that matter. Because that is pretty much the only deterrent for the U.S. to go to war with your country whenever the U.S (or Israel pulling the strings in the case of Iran) fancies it. Iran has now given up - under a lot of pressure from the Obama admin - the ability to produce enriched material (they can have and handle material that is sufficient for nuclear reactors - but that is not nearly enough for bombs. as everyone incl. the war mongers and Netanyahu KNOWS. Iran accepted strict INTERNATIONAL controls on that. Enrichment for military use are not small or easy operations, they can be found and the UN inspectors were given opportunity to search - and will continue to search - unless the US destroys the deal. Which would of course deliver the pretext to villify Iran. As long as they accept the UN inspections it is hard for the U.S. to sell the alleged threat of U.S. they can tell that their dumbed down viewers but not justify Iraq on stereoides.. The war mongers (the Israel first crowd really) strengthen the position of the hardliners who always said that it was a mistake to try to negotiate with the U.S. - that is no coincidence. A more peaceful, modern Iran evolving towards democracy ? Israel, Saudia Arbia and the neocons and war mongers would be horrified. They would be stripped of any pretense to go to war with Iran, it simply could not be sold to the U.S. voters. On the other hand Iran MIGHT BE GIVEN nukes - if the U.S. continues on the path of insanity ans war mongering.
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  22. No deplorables should suffice !
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  23. Bernie 2020
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  24. 1) Tulsi and Clinton have a backroom agreement that Clinton will stir the pot so Tulsi gets airtime (unlikely, very unlikely 2) Clinton and her minions REALLY suck regarding strategy and they really do not understand the mood (well - see 2016) 3) that was a test run - how does that sit if we do it do Jill Stein or Tulsi Gabbard. And Sanders would have been the next one - ESPECIALLY if he speaks out against war or military spnding.
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  25. It might MASSIVELY increase turnout for the Democrats. The Republicans activate their base more reliably. They don't do well if the Dems have a good turnout. The possibility of Roe vs. Wade being overturned, etc. might even make the Progressives hold their nose to support the Republian-Lite candidates - aka rightwing Democrats. And it can activate the young. With the sell-out Democratic Party establishment one never knows of course: but if they have a trace of spine left, they stall the appointment, wait for the midterms - and stall some more. Bernie 2020
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  26. + Nemesis You are a disgrace * for American exceptionalism * Reasoning. Taking other interests into account. Knowing geography.
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  27. In the 50s they were even crazier: Korea was somehow an issue, no a threat to the U.S. - so much so that the U.S. killed 20 % of the Korean population, bombed it into hell (even U.S. generals were shocked about the destruction. The U.S. openly talked about dropping nukes so that the land would become uninhabitable for 100 years. I wonder why NK would want to have nukes and a strong deterrent. and I strongly suspect they had some Chinese help getting those nukes. The Chinese want a buffer zone betweetn the U.S. nukes in South Korea directed at THEM.
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  28. + Chester Inform yourself - the U.S. troops stay IN Syria. There were not enough of them to make a military impact (the Kurds did the heavy lifting on the ground against ISIS and THEY lost approx. 11,000 people) - but the US soldiers coordinated with the Kurds and were not in much danger at the moment. The Kurds with a little bit US support controlled the region - before Trump allowed Erdogan to run amock. BUT: the US soldiers were a political / diplomatic deterrent for Erdogan to start a genocide as long as they were in THAT place - and Trump conveniently moved them out of the way. The U.S. soldiers are not coming home they were moved just out of the way of Erdogan. Since the U.S. troops were among the Kurds until very recently Erdogan could not go after the ALLIES of the US in the fight against ISIS w/o unintentionally also hurting U.S. soldiers. Turkey is a NATO member. Erdogan did not dare to escalate the situation while the U.S. soldiers were "in harms way". - whatever reasons Trump had to clear the lane for Erdogan (hotels in Turkey maybe) - if several U.S. soldiers had been killed, Trump could not have avoided to slap Erdogan and slap him hard. Not with a war but with economic sanctions etc etc. - watch out the sanctions will be taken back right away - because Erdogan was willling to agree to a ceasefire - for five days. Trump got so much backlash that he had to do some symbolic gesture. Saudi Arabia did not dare invade Qatar in 2017 (and Mattis and Tillerson phoned up their counterparts in KSA to stop them) - there is a large US base, one of the largest outside of the U.S.. Same dynamic plays out in South Korea, the U.S. troops there signal to the Chinese or NK that any US president would have to retaliate hard if they harm them because they attack SK. It raises the stakes for everybody
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  29. he was in jail in Canada - prison is not that bad there. And he is only a martyr for refusing to spread the gospel with help of SAFE measures.
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  30. the RIGHT lessons to learn is important: It starts with telling the trught and using the right words and definitions. That could have happened anytime. it was not an AMBUSH, a person was deranged. Shot them as they entered the home (I guess plausible cause because of a disturbance call confirmed by two persons nearby. So unlike when the police ambushed Breonna Taylor in her home, they had checked the situation). That could have been a routine case.
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  31. The lessons to learn: Reduce gun ownwership, ramp up addiction treatment big time, give free methadone treatment, and decriminalize drugs - then a lot of sources for property crimes and drug induced violence (family but also when trying to get the money for the drugs) falls sideways. Get people off meth ! If they are not on meth (which makes people paranoid, it is different than heroin or weed) and do not have to get the money for it by whatever it takes - a LOT of crime and drug induced derangement / danger is eliminated. So it was NOT an ambush - a rare ! case of the police being shot by the person they tried to check on. they entered the home - and he opened fire. Could be mentall illness, could be a man going crazy because the wife wants to leave him - or on drugs. In any other nation: I t is highly unlikely that the person has a firearm (only if they are a hunter and then there are background checks. Now organized crime will have them or have ways to get them. But the regular citizens, losing it (for whatever reason) does not have firearms, and therefore cannot be a danger to police and himself. Which also protects them: they are either being calmed down, handed over to a hospital, at worse they violently resist arrest. Police is not likely to be harmed (much) and the person isn't going to be harmed much either (tey are supposed to only use proportional force).
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  32. These cops seem to have done things right (they did not just rush in, they asked persons nearby - yes there was a disturbance) and died in the line of duty - and FOX should not make that about the ongoing protests. No one doubts that there are crazy people out there, before or after George Floyd or Bronna Taylor were killed. Do not make it that easy for people to have arms, when they lose it and go on attack they have to use their hands. Which means the targets of attacks have much better chances. W/o a firearm they are not a danger to peoeple, police and themselves.
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  33. I guess fundraising works much better if people attend in person, that is why he did not switch to online services. Plus: if he has elderly members that are not tech savvy pastor and wife would have needed to resort to labor intense methods (calling the faithful on the phone, writing letters, email, personal visits, but keeping a distance and meeting outside. Admitted in Canada it is still cold ....)
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  34. You are not a fan of democracy, are you !
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  35. wasn't that supposed to be an INTERVIEW ?? In the end she realized he would contradict her statements so she made sure SHE voiced her views and he didn't get a word in !
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  36. Fumbling Trump and fumbling Biden - and the U.S. could have had Sanders as president. (Oh and Dr. Fauci is also in great shape, there is some luck of course. he had his 80th birthday on Dec. 24th, 2020. One would think he is a 70 year old in pretty good shape).
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  37. Good ! he could have preached online, or called the members of the congregation by phone, or had a facebook group, or whatever. Instead he chose to endanger his congregation AND the public. That will teach all the special people a lesson. This is all about income of course. They get more donations if they have fronts right there. A Catholic priest does not have to rely on donations like that. they could scale back and offer their services in a manner that did promote spread.
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  38. He aged well - seems healthy and the brain is in good shape too. Not bad for 75 years. (and still rocks the boat).
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  39. I guess fundraising works much better if people attend in person, that is why he did NOT switch to online services. Plus: if he has elderly members that are not tech savvy pastor and wife would have needed to resort to labor intense methods (calling the faithful on the phone, writing letters, email, personal visits, but keeping a distance and meeting outside. Admitted in Canada it is still cold ....)
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  40. Iran accepted strict INTERNATIONAL controls on use of uranium. Enrichment for military use (bomb) are not small or easy operations, they WILL be found and the UN inspectors were given opportunity to search - and will continue to search - unless the US destroys the deal. - Which would of course deliver the pretext to villify Iran. As long asIran accepts the UN inspections it is hard for the U.S. to sell the alleged threat. Fox can tell that their dumbed down viewers but not justify Iraq on stereoides.
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  41.  @haliax8149  No: he blanked at a normal word like "god" (we all forget names or specific terms sometimes, but that is troubling, and the party elites and corporate media are craven. It is a pattern, he very likely has dementia and at the minimum he cannot cope with the demands even of his light schedule w/o malfunctioning. He is not fit to be president). He also blanked on "Obama" in 2019. He made a pause and then said: "my president". That was weird, and he continues to create such footage. Trump is also unfit (compare footage of both 15 years ago) - but he compensates differently and he has a stage and show talent that helps him cover his ineptitude. Plus HE has gotten scrutiny and the voters that are fans or leaning towards him do not seem to mind. Even Trump in cognitive decline will run circles around Biden in cognitive decline if these two end up at the debate stage. Never mind the baggage he has on trade deals. Sanders could hit Biden, Bloomberg AND Trump on trade. Biden has not a leg to stand on regarding the corruption of Trump (even if he is in better shape mentally, or they give him some pills for the debate). Sanders can pull the punches.
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  42. Sure the U.S. is entitled to ramp up sanctions. The rest of the nations who think it is a good idea to not just spit on international deals will be pleased to do all the business with Iran.
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  43. The Old Testament is recognized by the Muslim - what is your point ?
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  44. "Poor, vulnerable" Israel has lot's of nukes (courtesey of the U.S.) on top of a modern and heavily funded military. Israel is a rogue nuclear nation - The Iranians could do well with some nukes of their own AS DETERRENT. - Of course now it is not possible for them to develop them - but I would not put it past Iran or Russia to give them the finished product in an emergency, if the U.S. seriously tries to escalate the tensions. The Iranians are not crazy they would not use nukes for a first strike, but having them can keep the bullies (the U.S. Israel, KSA occassionally the European countries with a colonial past = UK and France) in check. Michael Scheuer: the interests of Israel are not the same as the interests of the U.S. - and U.S interests have always, always come first. (this was about the regime change of Libya in 2012 which he warned would have dire consequences - he was right of course.
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  45. I recommend The Real News Col. Wilkerson (Chief of Staff under Powell) - search for Trump Admin's talk sound like Bush's pre-Iraq War.
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  46. Cliff May Foundation for Defense of Democracies - why not the League of regime changers on behest of Big Biz. FFDD - sounds like something Soros would pay for - lol. Although in this case the speaker of this Think Tank probably would not be invited. - Seriously: defending "democracies" by a special interest think tank (I bet weapons industry). The US democracy must be defended by it's voters, the same in Europe, Japan, Australie, etc. The countries that have authoritairian regimes must find their own - non-violent - way. And the regime changes are not about democracy anyway.
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  47. That is a lesson for any nation - the U.S. does not bother to keep treaties, not even when their allies are part of the negotiation team (and signatory powers). The Iranian president does not have that much power, but Rouhani played his cards well. The Iranian hardliners - like their U.S. counterparts - did not want the deal. The Iranian citizen were VERY GLAD about the deal so Rouhani had some support from that corner. No wonder THEY were worried. I (living in a safe country) was worried the U.S. would go to war with them, the rhetoric a few years ago was like the war drums for the Iraq war in 2003. The U.S. had encouraged Iraq under Saddam Hussein to go to war with Iran in 1980 - that war was terrible, it ended with an impasse, up to 1 million people dead, the Iranians are very afraid to be dragged into another war. And they have been on the U.S. kill list for a long time - and they know it. - Despite that they are very friendly to Western tourists, there is no hostility against the Western civilians, but they fear the Western governments. Of course the position of Rouhani - who got the deal through in Iran - and who is more moderate than many other politicians in Iran - is underminded by the U.S. Instead of rewarding him for his cooperation and offering relief in sanctions - which would strenghten the position of ANY moderate in Iran the U.S. makes clear that they are not to be trusted. That they DO NO REALLY WANT PEACE. That it is futile to seek reconciliation with them. If a nations feels under pressure and fears attack it will circle the waggons - which helps without fail the more extreme, dictatorial forces in the country. If they would feel less threatened they could relax around the position regarding Israel. Maybe loosen the theocratic rules, the pressure they put on their population. The Iranian citizens are more than ready for a more ! secualar more modern society. Part of their leadership is not (yet). And the West does everything to assist the hardliners. Can't have peace and a powerful, prospering, modern Iran doing trade with all developed nations - what would be the pretext to go to war against such a nation. On the other hand Iran controls it's resources and uses a good part of their oil revenue for the well-being of their population (healthcare, education). They keep the economy more protectionist (like it was during the Economic Miracle after WW2 in Europe and the U.S.)  A more democratic, more secular government would not change that. So while PEACE with IRAN would offer a lot of business opportunities for Western corporations (and they could pay for it with oil revenue) they would not sell out the family silver to Western Multinationals. The neocons and neoliberals don't like that - on principle - it sets a "bad" example to resist the neoliberal economic principles.
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  48. 1/3 NO CARTE BLANCHE for any U.S. president to go to war. - The idea to include the specifics of how the U.S. ADMINISTRATION will act in case of violation of the deal have no place in an international agreement. (The U.S. will take any step necessary if Iran ..bla bla bla . YES ! Congress will do specifically this and that and give a carte blanche to whoever is the sitting president - NO - that is US domestic business). - Also Congress is meant to control the president - and the declaration of war - so you would NOW determine which power Congress would give in advance to any president regarding conflicts that MIGHT arise with Iran. That is not control. Moreover - IF there was a serious threat to the U.S. wouldn't any Congress however hostile to whoever is president be WILLING to work with him on THIS "life and death" issue. So there is no need to give a carte blanche - when no one knows what will be the future situation.
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  49. And Gianforte is the guy who IS outside from Montana.
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  50. Most nations had modern warfare on their soil - or occupation. That has an impact on the national psyche. (Germany, Japan with the nukes, The Brits had the Blitz, France the foreign occupiers and then the landing in the Normandie which was a bloodbath, 27 million people dead in the Soviet Union and food problems) And the food situation was worse than in the U.S. (the U.S. could get resources from Latin America, Canada, etc. not sure how it was with imports from Asia. IN short the POPULATION not only the soldiers experienced war directly. That is why war is so easy to sell to the U.S. citizens - all other nations (the citizens, not the morons on the top) have a healthy fear of war.
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