Spielberg missed the point

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 1998)

Yes, war is horrific, ugly, dehumanizing, deadly, frightening, stupid, and pointless. We who served were but pawns, often asked to do unthinkable things for no apparent reason.
Yes, war should not be our primary means of getting our own national or personal interest. We should reserve it for those times that there are no alternatives.
Vietnam or Grenada or Iraq may have had other alternatives.
But Spielberg choose to show a battle were there was no alternative!
The Axis had enslaved all of Europe, a lot of the Pacific, and parts of the rest of the world. The list of countries invaded and subjugated is as log as your arm. 10's of millions of civilians were drafted for war, imprisoned, enslaved, tortured, and murdered (for glimpse, see Schindler's list). Almost every country, every person, every religion, every language, every civilization of the world were violated in some way.
And this would have gone on indefinitely if the people of the USA, Canada, Australia, England, and other allied countries, and the resistance fighters in the invaded countries had packed it in because "war is hell."
Someone had to put a stop to the madness and the invasion of Normandy was a major step to stopping the madness.
Simply imagine what the world would be like if Hitler had won.
"Im West, Nichts Neues" (Nothing new from the Western Front) was more thoughtful, convincing, and a better film.