Quote: That's the old US cowardice for you, they didn't join the war until they knew who was winning. Lucky it was the allies.
We declared war after the Japanese bombed pearl harbor.
We didn't go to Europe until after Japan attacked, true. You wanna know why?
The US population didn't want to. Didn't think we needed to get involved in "that war over there". Why put our forces in harm's way if we're not being threatened?
Sounds kinda like how the antiwar argument is being framed today. "Saddam can't reach us, he hasn't attacked us, we shouldn't put our troops on the line when it's the UN's job." Well, 9/11 was our first little love note from the Middle East. Should we wait for another before we act?
Maybe we should wait until Iraq CAN mount a direct attack on the US or the UK. That would be sporting, wouldn't it?
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