> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Miller, Jeffrey > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: UK dossier on Iraq > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 02:26 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq > > > > > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > > By what I understand of your reasoning, the US should have waited > > > until it was > > > > > > directly attacked by Germany before entering WWII .... > > > > Eh... as far as I know that is exactly what the US did, it > > minded it's own borders. They did some supplying to the > > Brittish before they entered but undoubtably made a neat > > profit in the process.
Woah.... did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were attacked by Japan. We were *NOT* attacked by Germany. We had no need or reason to fight the Germans even then. We could easily have fought a one-front war with the Japanese and left the Germans to annex Europe. According to Jeroen's reasoning, we should have never bothered fighting against the Germans until they attacked us directly, on our soil. We weren't in direct danger, after all. Why should we care if the Europeans get slaughtered? We followed isolationism for longer than it was prudent and we probably paid for it in American lives, men and money fighting a Germany that was made more powerful by the European lands it had invaded. I'll repeat myself: Europe's current attitude of 'we'll wait to fight until we're directly attacked' is foolhardy and shortsighted. > Actually, IIRC (having recently read Rise & Fall of the 3rd Reich) the > program was run at a loss, financially speaking. Heh.. besides, trying to > remain the image of neutrality when our leaders wanted us to get into the > war must have demanded a certain quid pro quo to be apparent. Yup. We ran a tremendous loss, especially considering what we gave to our allies for free in order to help them fight. > > For a neat chronology of WWII check this site... > http://no11-fighter-group-raf.com/chrono.htm > > I love it when people post links -- thanks! > As do I. Thanks for the link. :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
