Yes, it is true that ground <span>fighting in the Pacific was led by the United States marines, since these soldiers were almost always deployed via ships, as opposed to other more land-based means. </span>
The great myth of the First World War was that defense was all-powerful.
In the inter war years, a new myth appeared -- that the new technology
of the airplane and the tank would result in rapid and massive
breakthroughs on the battlefield, with the enemy being destroyed in
weeks.
In the United States, it was largely "white land-holding men" who controlled vast wealth and many businesses and had great influence on US finances during this time, since they had the most political power as well.
Well in the past after 911 we had to go into Iraq to maintain peace and order for both the people who reside there and the rest of the world to try to control terrorism and dictatorships from using weapons of mass destruction , for example Saddam Hussain , & Gadaffi. Today it is needed now more than ever due to the escalated amount of terrorists attacks reoccurring and terror cells sich as ISIS located in many Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq.