Germany during WWI vs. US during War in Iraq

When we were talking about all the reasons why Germany lost WWI I made some connections to the war going on today with our own country. The biggest similarity I noticed was that the Germans lost because the public just did not support the war anymore. They wanted it to be done, enough people had died. I find this situation very similar to the one happening today. In my eyes, the war should be over and I think that a lot of U.S. citizens would agree that they are just not supportive of the war any longer. Granted we are not losing as many lives per day as the Germans did, but we are losing lives nonetheless. And for what cause? We've already caught the conspirators that planned 9/11 and why do we have to establish and make them a great government? It's not our country! We should be more focused on our own government and our economy. I definitely feel a sort of connection to the German citizens during WWI. Asking myself, why are we still doing this? Why are we in this still?

Treaty of Versailles

So in class we have been discussing the Treaty of Versailles for quite some time and I really feel like after all of the discussions I have come to my (somewhat) final conclusion, I think that the Treaty of Versailles was very fair to the Allies. The different countries all put what they wanted to see happen in the treaty and so they made it happen. However, they also participated in the war, and they as well started some battles and kept the fighting going. I do not think that it is fair that all of the blame for WWI is being put on Germany. I think that they were a large component to blame because they invaded France and they gave a blank check to Austria-Hungary to do whatever they needed them to do. But Austria-Hungary could have just simply had a friendly talk with Serbia about what they wanted, or they could have just not called anyone in for support and WWI could have simply been a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Overall, the treaty is completely unfair to Germany, they deserve some of the points that were said however, I think that Austria-Hungary should have been blamed and punished for starting the war as well. Because if A-H never had a dispute, than Germany would have never given a check.

Memorable quote! :D

While watching the movie the Red Baron (which is fantastic so if you have not already, you should watch it), there were several different quotes and actions that caught my attention. One of the quotes I have still been thinking about is when Manfred(the main character) is on the frontline with the General and they are arguing. Manfred was complaining to the General that the way they were killing their enemies was too brutal and disgusting. He was trying to tell the General, "Ummm hello! you're killing people out there! Real people! Like us!"(did not actually say it). The General says to him, "My soldiers do not kill people, they destroy the enemy!". Manfred calmly responds back with, "It still has the same effect." This part really caught my attention because he is right. It doesn't matter if the person is your enemy or anything like that, they're still a person. What do you think about this quote? Do you agree or disagree?

Was that necessary?

Today in class we discussed the Battle of Verdun, Germany against France. The Germans plan was to destroy all of the French. The Germans were going to attack Verdun, the most important historical military place. They were going to attack here because the Germans knew how sacred it was to the French and they expected the French to keep sending troops out. The Germans wanted this, they wanted the French to keep resupplying soldiers so that they could destroy them all and "make a mountain of French corpses". The Germans attacked with a great amount of weapons. The two sides started fighting, however the Germans lost the element of surprise fairly quickly. Both sides were suffering from high casualties, yet they kept trying to slaughter one another. Finally the Germans had to retreat because of Russians on the Eastern Front, but the Germans did not gain anything, the fort was still in French hands and they did slaughter all of the French. Both sides suffered about half a million of casualties and wounded men. So my question is, why was this massive bloody battle necessary? Why did it have to happen? It did not change anything for anyone.