So the answer can be either/or a direct representation, or pluralistic representation.
The answer to the question is C. Truman felt that the Americans would suffer from heavy losses with an invasion. Eventually, a strategy was put in place.
Italy was the country that was referred to as the "soft underbelly" of Europe by Winston Churchill. This occurred during World War II.
Although there were several main trade routes that the Americans used to reach New Mexico, the min one parallelled the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.