The (so called) Strongest Military in the World

Forward: This post is not meant to demean military veterans. Many great Southerners have served in the American armed forces, and military service is an honorable occupation.

Let’s talk America’s war record. A bit off kilter from my normal posts and quite informal, I will be discussing America’s ability to fight war historically and its ability to exert force during a time of total war, more specifically a World War III scenario. America’s war record is long and astonishingly bloody, considering the country’s relatively short history and boastful mentality.

Despite having constantly been at war since the first colony established in Jamestown, we will begin our historic observation during the War Between the States. Both sides of the War, especially during its latter years, engaged heavily in hyperaggressive tactics resulting in shocking battlefield casualties. Disease was rampant, and collateral damage was extreme and made worse by the countless wartime atrocities committed by the Union Army. Roughly 655,000+ Confederate and Union deaths plus countless more casualties via wounds and prisoner of war as large swaths of civilian and slave deaths. This results in an astounding estimate of between 750,000 to 1,000,000 deaths and possibly more. The results were utterly devastating. Additionally, both sides conscripted soldiers constantly with the Union Army leaning most heavily on the Germans in the Midwest and a mass tidal wave of Irish immigrants forced into service. Already, the methods of the U.S. military can be seen in how it treats its citizens and civilians, as well as, its enemies. This was the most devastating war in American history and was the last to actually take place on American soil, 155 years ago.

Fast forward to World War I, Americans wisely embraced isolationist sentiments but were forced into war anyway by Woodrow Wilson. Though Southerners largely excluded themselves from service during this time due to bitterness of the War, as well as, resurgent spreading of the Lost Cause because of the advanced age of dying Confederate veterans, the government still managed to field the large American Expeditionary Force under John J. Pershing. Not seeing combat until early 1918, the AEF sustained 53,402 combat deaths and 63,114 non-combat deaths as well as 204,000 wounded. Many of the casualties sustained came from the Spanish Flu epidemic. Appalled at the high casualties having only participated in the war for less than a full year, Americans’ isolationism increased following cessation of hostilities. Simply stated, the American Empire could not have sustained the casualties it did should it have participated in the war since its beginning.

Though FDR wanted war and was clearly in bed with the communists, America arguably had justifiable reason to enter World War II. For the first time since the War Between the States, Southerners began entering military service in large numbers and would continue this trend after Nazi Germany’s and the Empire of Japan’s surrender. Unlike the Great War, America participated during most of this war and sustained much heavier casualties as a result. During the war, 405,399 servicemen were killed in action and 671,278 were wounded. While these casualties seem reasonable in the Pacific Theater as we practically fought Japan alone, these numbers are simply unacceptable when viewing the European Theater. In Europe, most of the war was fought by the Germans against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. Add to this the fact that the best German troops were on the Eastern Front. Americans were not even fighting Germany’s best troops and still sustained more casualties than in the Pacific Theater. Many Southerners who fought in this war would occupy positions of political leadership upon returning home and would later fight against tyranny manifested in the Civil Rights Era.

Moving to the largely forgotten Korean War, this three year conflict racked up yet more high casualties in a short amount of time. Combat deaths accounted for 33,686 while total military deaths were 36,574. 103,284 were wounded as well as thousands more MIA and POWs. Additionally, the first four months of the war, prior to Chinese intervention, were the bloodiest per day. America was notoriously unprepared for the war, for which the government received much flack.

The infamous Vietnam war saw a major change in the American socio-political landscape. Taking place alongside the Civil Rights Movement, military personnel often faced negative reception upon returning home. Additionally, the military was in the process of diversifying as far as demographics go. The war produced 58,318 military deaths and 303,644 wounded. That tumultuous period will not be written about more here, as much has already been written on that topic.

During each of these previous wars, America relied heavily on the draft. Though the wars all received their share of criticism, the Vietnam War the only one in the 20th century which received absurd leftist critique. Liberals pushed for the armed forces to be desegregated, but then turned around and threw a fit because minorities were supposedly overrepresented in the draft, a criticism often repeated today. Though the United States has not implemented a draft in generations, it still holds fairly large numbers with just an all volunteer force. However, those numbers are decreasing, and the traditional recruits, primarily constituted of white Southern males especially the more combat oriented the MOS is, no longer sign up as much as they used to. Additionally, America’s track record indicates a willingness to accepts high casualty rates and, at times, employ hyperaggressive, quasi-Soviet battle tactics. Should any World War III scenario unfold, a draft would be absolutely necessary and would be forced to target the urban areas for numbers. The urban areas are dominated soy infused bugmen and minorities. Putting two and two together, the Left will lose its mind should any draft be enforced, especially in a war which would most likely have such a high casualty rate.

While World War III or something similar most likely will never happen, America simply lacks the logistical and human resources to support such mass scale total war. The Empire knows this and will never commit itself to engaging in such a catastrophe. Hence, we constantly make threats, intervene against countries we know cannot really fight back, and catalyze proxy wars. The Empire simply lacks the ability to project force in the world anymore.