Let's get a few historical facts straight here: America sat back and watched through the first 2 years of WW2. Other than some illegal actions by the US Navy (following illegal orders from the CIC, FDR), not one shot was fired in anger against any German or Italian.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor without a declaration of war. (Although, to be fair, they did intend to deliver a declaration just AS the attack began. Thanks, guys. I still call that a sneak attack. Nevertheless, the declaration was not delivered until after the attack was over.) The next day COngress, at FDR's request, declared war on Japan.
The attitude regarding Europe and Hitler immediately following Pearl Harbor was "Screw that! We've got our war!"
In one of his stupidest moves (and it's hard to rank them, he having committed so many idiocies), Hitler on Dec. 11, 1941, declared war on the US- -which HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO DO UNDER HIS MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH JAPAN because Japan was the aggressor. The next day, Congress declared war on Germany. And we were "the good guys".
You feel better now? You shouldn't. The fact is that FDR had been itching so bad to get into that European war, it must have hurt. BUT he couldn't because isolationist sentiment was so strong in the US he could never have gotten a declaration of war against Germany without a preceding German declaration or an attack by Germany.
Had it not been for Hitler's stupid declaration of war on the US, we very well may never have entered the European war. And by now even our "allies" the frogs would probably know the goose step.
NOW: Are you black? Because that is the only reason I can think of that you think we should have intervened in Rwanda, but not Iraq.
Oh, if we're after oil and willing to take on anyone without cause, why didn't we attack Venezuela? It's closer and a much softer target.
Or Saudi Arabia? More oil and another easy target.
I don't understand. Enlighten me. It appears the US is content to get its oil by BUYING it.
Business interests? Are you talking about France, Germany, and Russia here? |
