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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (160117)	2/6/2003 12:23:58 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578134

Ted Re..Why do you think two of our allies, one of whom has been a very close friend for years, are giving us difficulty? France has always had a policy of countering american influence, since the DeGaulle era. So if America is for anything, France is naturally against it. Also, there are economic considerations called oil. Germany is a different case. Schroeder has played upon German emotions. Germans are a proud people, they don't like being second fiddle, and they didn't like NATOs bases tearing up the German countryside, and they didn't like being the target for Warsaw forces, and their economy is going down the tubes. Schroeder played to these emotions, and used anti americanism to win votes. Now that Schroeder got elected partly on anti americanism, he must keep up his image. Foiled again top gun! Germany declared war against the US on 11 December, 1941. The US declared war on Germany in conjunction with its "United Nations" declaration by 26 countries on 1 January, 1942. So FDR did get UN approval. Wrong again Seattle breath, as Johnny carson would say. http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/texts/us_dec_g.htm Declaration of War on Germany -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 11, 1941 The President's Message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the Congress of the United States: On the morning of Dec. 11 the Government of Germany, pursuing its course of world conquest, declared war against the United States. The long-known and the long-expected has thus taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave the entire world now are moving toward this hemisphere. Never before has there been a greater challenge to life, liberty and civilization. Delay invites great danger. Rapid and united effort by all of the peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will insure a world victory of the forces of justice and of righteousness over the forces of savagery and of barbarism. Italy also has declared war against the United States. I therefore request the Congress to recognize a state of war between the United States and Germany, and between the United States and Italy. Franklin D. Roosevelt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The War Resolution Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Germany and the government and the people of the United States and making provision to prosecute the same. Whereas the Government of Germany has formally declared war against the government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the state of war between the United States and the Government of Germany which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the government to carry on war against the Government of Germany; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States . As you can see, Germany sent the notice to FDR on Dec 11th, and Congress approved and declared war on Germany Dec 11th. Did you ever consider it may have been easier finding countries to go against Germany? Of course it was easier then. All 26 countries were at war with Germany at that time. However, even given the higher degree of difficulty, Gw could easily get 26 signatures today.