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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (150240)	11/1/2004 1:34:24 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Uh huh. And if we had Allied with France and the UK to stop Hitler early........as I said..........

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (150240)	11/1/2004 2:17:16 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<America could have helped saved millions simply by joining the war (WW2) on-time.> America could have saved tens of millions, by doing what Wilson promised he'd do, when he was running for President in 1916: stay out of WW1. If we'd stayed on the sidelines, WW1 probably would have ended in an exhausted truce, rather than a humiliating defeat for Germany. Even a German victory in WW1 (the second most likely outcome of a neutral America) would have been far preferable to what really happened. A British/French victory in WW1 was highly unlikely, if Wilson had done what he was elected to do, and kept his campaign promises. No Versailles Treaty = no WW2, no Holocaust, no Soviet armies holding E. Europe for 50 years. Militarists always pose their choices, at the point where only bad choices are left. Militarists ask "what do we do now?", at the point where the cycle of hate and death is past the time where peaceful methods will work. This require constantly ignoring or revising history, which is why MythMaking is so important to them.