If you negotiate the release of US captives with the enemy you are “negotiating with terrorists.” If you don’t, then you have left soldiers behind on the battlefield.
The Americans were bogged down in the French hedgerows for almost seven weeks, until late July – suffering about 10 times the casualties as were lost from the Normandy landings.
For better, on balance, than for worse, millions of us are generations removed from any easily recoverable traditional religious, ethnic, or racial identity.
At the peak of its popularity, Mao's bible was the most printed book in the world. It attained the status of a sacred, holy text during the Cultural Revolution, and retains its place among western devotees.