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To: Rambi who wrote (168)	5/31/2005 2:02:42 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 541854

Rambi, you have to quit making so much sense. You're in danger of making people think instead of react, and thinking is hard work. I agree that there was a public perception that WWII was a "good" war. But I think a lot of that was based on the overall mood of the country at that time. Children were brought up with respect for the country and its leaders, and were taught that it was a good and glorious thing to be an American. My great aunt was a staunch Republican, hated Roosevelt, but while he was President wouldn't say bad things about him. She would say "I disagree with his policies, but as long as he is President he deserves respect." Can you see anybody on the right saying that about Clinton or on the left about Bush? BTW, my understanding is that pre-Pearl harbor there was much more national ambivalence about the war in Europe than we generally recognize today. The prevailing view was isolationist, and many German-Americans had sympathies for the Nazi cause. Even after Pearl Harbor, we declared war on Japan but NOT on Germany or Italy. Hitler and Mussolini made the probably major tactical blunder of declaring war on the US. If they hadn't, it is questionable whether we would have gotten involved in the war in Europe, despite the strong propaganda from Roosevelt's administration supporting that involvement. Of course, once Germany and Italy declared war on us, the die was cast. But the idea that all or even most Americans supported the war in Europe for moral or ethical reasons is, I think, a myth.