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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (41623)	11/21/2005 2:59:03 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

There is no doubt Canada was in the war much earlier than the U.S. even contemplated being in the war. "That Canada was automatically at war when Britain was at war in 1914 was unquestioned as from coast to coast, in a spirit of almost unbelievable unanimity, Canadians pledged support for the Motherland. Sir Wilfred Laurier spoke for the majority of Canadians when he proclaimed: "It is our duty to let Great Britain know and to let the friends and toes of Great Britain know that there is in Canada but one mind and one heart and that all Canadians are behind the Mother Country." Prime Minister Robert Borden, calling for a supreme national effort, offered Canadian assistance to Great Britain. The offer was accepted, and immediately orders were given for the mobilization of an expeditionary force. With a regular army of only 3,110 men and a fledgling navy, Canada was ill-prepared to enter a world conflict. Yet, from Halifax to Vancouver, thousands of young Canadians hastened to the recruiting offices. Within a few weeks more than thirty-two thousand men gathered at Valcartier Camp near Quebec City; and within two months the First Contingent, Canadian Expeditionary Force, was on its way to England in the largest convoy ever to cross the Atlantic. Also sailing in this convoy was a contingent from the still separate British Dominion of Newfoundland." militarybadges.info

To: Solon who wrote (41623)	11/21/2005 11:13:34 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Solon, YOu can blame the Democratic party of the US for that slow response to WW2. At that time, they were very much isolationists, and didn't want to get involved in a war that did not threaten America. I would say that FDR had his hands tied, but he is as guilty, if not more so, of the offense, and hesitation. He was afraid of how the citizens, trying to emerge from the Great Depression, would react to such a move. Then he did the dirtiest thing of all to get us into the war. Despite the warnings of every major officer in the Pacific, he sent an executive order to bring the entire Pacific fleet into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, knowing that he had angered the Japanese by reneging on every contract with them at that time. The blood of those thousands that died in Pearl Harbor is on his hands. If it hadn't been for the bull headed Adm. Halsey, we would not have had a fleet in the Pacific to fight back with. Now, you guys are making a big stink about the US going to war in Iraq, since, according to you, they were no threat to America, but you scorn the US for not immediately jumping into a war that did not threaten our shores in Europe. So that indicates that you have a selective opinion that doesn't count for all incidents, only the ones that YOU care about. Kind of selfish IMO. Either crap every time, or get off the pot.