On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 14:17, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 13:39 -0500, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 02:11 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> > 
> > > Totally different situation. The American president and the congress
> > > did not want to go to war against Germany because a lot of large US
> > > companies were tied up with Germany (mostly with the IG Farben
> > > conglomerate). The Jewish emigrants from Germany brought hard evidence
> > > about the Nazis. Still the Congress voted not to start war. Only the
> > > Jewish community forced the president eventually to decide to enter
> > > the war. So much about history.
> > 
> > Whoah...I'm a little confused here. Aren't you mixing up World Wars? I thought 
> > we dragged our heels (a little) in WW1 but we joined WW2 after a cowardly 
> > attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor - and we were already assisting the 
> > Allies in many ways before Pearl Harbor. You'll never make me believe that 
> > this country did not want to enter WW2 after Pearl Harbor!!!
> 
> In case you don't know it yet: Pearl Harbour was attacked by the
> Japaneze. They are the slightly smaller men with (mostly) slanted eyes
> and live on some islands across the Pacific Ocean to the West of you.

Looks like you need to learn to read as well as learn some history;
namely, that your Germany and the Japanese were allies;  part of the
Axis.

> Germans are the average caucasian types living in the middle of
> Europe, that is East of you across the Atlantic ocean.
> 
> WWII was  - concerning USA - a double war, one to the West with the
> Japanese and one in the east against Germany.

You want it to sound like these powers were not part of the same set of
allies; but they were.  It was not a double war, it was a single war on
two fronts.

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