Comments on: The Americans totally ignored the whole problem https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/the-americans-totally-ignored-the-whole-problem/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Harry Jones https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/the-americans-totally-ignored-the-whole-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2770184 Harry Jones Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:03:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44735#comment-2770184 I worry more about everything when I’m losing than when I’m winning.

Camouflage is purely defensive, it seems to me. When you’re in trouble, that’s the time to pay extra attention to defense. When you’re not in trouble, pay moderate attention to defense.

The way I figure it, defense doesn’t directly win wars. Defense buys time for offense to win wars. Defense avoids losing wars. After that comes winning, which calls for a different skill set.

]]> By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/the-americans-totally-ignored-the-whole-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2768952 Kirk Mon, 22 Apr 2019 01:55:51 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44735#comment-2768952 Had the Japanese had their act together, and presented more of a threat, the US forces might have worried more about camouflage. As it was, the work that would have gone into it was more than they were likely to lose from Japanese action, so no real camouflage measures were taken, by comparison.

Camouflage is something you really worry about when you’re losing your war, and your opponent is completely out of your weight class. Which applied to Japan.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the Japanese were amazing warriors in WWII, but absolutely crappy soldiers. If I need to explain that distinction to you, then you’re probably a warrior yourself…

]]> By: Wan Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/the-americans-totally-ignored-the-whole-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2768941 Wan Wei Lin Mon, 22 Apr 2019 01:38:55 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44735#comment-2768941 Adar…true about defense. Iwo Jima was bombed for over seventy days preceeding the American assault and was more fortified at the end of the bombing campaign.

]]> By: Adar https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/the-americans-totally-ignored-the-whole-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2768473 Adar Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:26:14 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44735#comment-2768473 Those islands of the Pacific rock and coral the best terrain for a military defense. Greatly enhanced by the use of camouflage.

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