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To: michael97123 who wrote (69851)	1/29/2003 3:02:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

<When i looked into bush's eyes i saw the eyes of my father's generation, determined to rid the world of the scourge of nazism. If only that generation, particulary in europe, had preempted the Fuhrer. But i am sure there were guys back then like some here who thought Hitler need not be dealt with, even though he was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles by the early 30s. Peace in our Time, you know. > Giggle. Mike, the guys back then who thought Hitler didn't need to be dealt with were mainly and particularly in the USA. The USA cringed behind the Atlantic, profiting from the war against Nazis, until much of the dirty work had been done by Russia and my father, who volunteered at the outset to go and stop Hitler. Then, the USA belatedly decided that it was all getting a bit serious and maybe, since Japan had attacked them at Pearl Harbour, they'd better actually do something about freedom. Oooops, Germany declared war against THEM! Now they were in it whether they liked it or not. < As Germany, Italy and Japan continued their aggression, the United States announced that no country involved in the conflict could look to it for aid. Neutrality legislation, enacted from 1935 to 1937, prohibited trade with or credit to any of the warring nations. Neutrality was also the initial American response to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. With the fall of France and the air war against Britain in 1940, the debate intensified between those who favored aiding the democracies and the isolationists. In the end, the interventionist argument won. The United States joined Canada in a Mutual Board of Defense, and aligned with the Latin American republics in extending collective protection to the nations in the Western Hemisphere. Congress voted immense sums for rearmament and in early 1941 approved the Lend-Lease Program, which enabled President Roosevelt to transfer arms and equipment to any nation (notably Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China) deemed vital to the defense of the United States. The 1940 presidential election yielded another majority for Roosevelt and for the first time in U.S. history, a president was elected to a third term. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On December 8, Congress declared a state of war with Japan; three days later its allies Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The nation rapidly geared itself for mobilization of its people and its entire industrial capacity. All the nation's activities -- farming, manufacturing, mining, trade, labor, investment, communications, even education and cultural undertakings -- were in some fashion brought under new and enlarged controls. By the end of 1943, approximately 65 million men and women were in uniform or in war-related occupations...continues > usembassy.de New Zealand and my father were the very first to declare war on Germany, way back in September 1939. worldwariihistory.info Part of the problem for the USA and why they get stick from the rest of the world is the braggart attitude that they are the keeper of the flame of freedom. They* think they invented freedom. They think others should toady to them. They forget the courage and sacrifice of real men who acted while they shrank. They are NOT pushing for a real United States of Freedom. Their's is a USA-centric world. A national interest of a 19th century kind is the USA way. New Zealand was already 2 years 3 months into the war before the USA figured it might be a good idea to help remove Hitler by all-out serious attack on Germany. The help was of course hugely appreciated. I might not be here now, but for the USA lending a hand. For which I am thankful. Mqurice PS: * 'they' is a wild generalization and of course everyone thinks independent, individual thoughts [depending on which channel they watch and which newspaper tells them what to think]. Giggle...