Political Motivation

[Watchman]

The Third Reich banned Saddam Hussein's Baath Party?

Reading Comprehension 101 time... what part of "the party that it is modelled on" did you miss ? The Baath was (or rather is - there's another branch in Syria IIRC) one of the so-called "Arab Socialist" parties that sprung up in the Mideast like mushrooms after rain post WW2, if memory serves.

Take this as an example: The media is in love with IEDs. They go on and on about them... Soldier killed by IED today,over and over again seemingly every week. Why don't they talk about how the rest of those fallen warriors' 8 - 10 man squads are still alive thanks to his / her sacrifice? Or how 8 out of 10 IEDs are safely disarmed on a regular basis without injury to troops or civilians?

The tingling of my Common Sense suggests you don't quite understand the whole IED issue. They're traps, pure and simple. One goes off, it can take out a whole damn tank if there's enough explosives. The survivors aren't alive "thanks to the [casualties'] sacrifice", but simply by sheer luck and/or the blast not having been powerful enough to kill the whole lot.

But above all the issue with the IEDs is that they're dirt cheap, easy to make and, hence, ubiquitous, whereas effective countermeasures are conversely complicated, expensive, difficult to employ in the field, and always playing catch-up with the ever more creative bomb-makers.

The point is, it matters very little to the insurgents even if 80% of their nasty little toys get found and safely disposed of; the rest still net quite enough results to keep the balance very much positive.

Why don't they talk about the Medals of Honor or Silver Stars that have so far been awarded for bravery,selfless action,and service beyond the call of duty? Why don't they talk about that?

Because such shiny bits doesn't matter a **** compared to all the dead people and continuing violence, nevermind now all the funny PTSD issues with returning vets, Vietnam style ?

Nazi Germany had been "neutered" after their defeat in WWI,too.

You fail history class. Go read.