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Aussie105

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1. Having American airmen or soldiers end up unsupported on enemy soil

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:57 AM

Yesterday

seems to always stir up some deep fear at home.

Lots of enemy combatants and innocent civilians killed in some foreign land?

Response: "Oh well, it is a war after all!"

Airman gets shot down and maybe still alive in the jungles of North Vietnam/ cold war Russia/ Iran?

Response: "Oh my goodness, how terrible!"

Why the difference?
Is there a scale on which the value of lives is measured differently, depending on who it is?

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Let's talk about US aircraft losses and what it means.... - Belle of the Ranch [View all] TexasTowelie Yesterday OP

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