His comment was for pandering effect, knowing full well that the majority of Republicans watching him have no clue what carpet bombing actually entails. Let's hope that Cruz is not a part of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Oh no, he is, just looked it up.
http://www.armed-services.senate.gov.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.