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Originally posted by Diogenes Of Pumpkintown:
Bilquis, if by the picture of the raising of the flag by the Marines on Iwo Jima you mean to give an example of the US government helping another country, (My apologies if this was not your point) remember that the US sat by for over 2 long years while Hitler overran almost all of Europe, and only became involved in World War II when its own military forces were directly attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor in an action that seriously damaged the US pacific fleet. The US was so reluctant to get involved, even though the entire world was threatened with ruin, that even the sinking of an American Destroyer, the Reuben James, by a German U-boat did not provoke us into the war prior to that. World War II is definitely not an example of the US fighting because of the interests of other countries.
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Dio, can you tell us what countries did join that war without being attacked first? Oh and I certainly don't condone watching Hitler destroy and pillage throughout Europe without any action, but I'd love to know what the US government's reasons were. Aside from self-preservation, that is.
CB
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