Hollywood’s Last Stand: The Wokes Are Down, But Not Yet Out

A lot of Americans assume that after the victories of Midway and D-Day, World War II was essentially over. The US (and its allies) had gained a decisive advantage, and the ultimate result was pretty much a foregone conclusion. While the strategic balance had indeed shifted, the fact of the matter is that the last year of the war was the bloodiest for the United States. We make a big deal about D-Day, but the US took more casualties inside of Germany than outside of it. Similarly, the bitter island fighting reached terrifyingly bloody crescendos in the Philippines and Okinawa. An invasion of the home islands was certain to be a bloodbath on an unimaginable scale, which is why even Japanese consider the use of atomic bombs to have been appropriate. This is not unique to World War II. Pick your war. The US Civil War was decided in July of 1863 with the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg, but the last year was by far the most destructive even though Confederate victory was an impossibility. I could fill out this column with examples, but you get the point. What is true of physical conflict is the same for spiritual warfare, indeed the former draws its power from the latter....