sad thoughts on poly posters

[blackice]

Can anyone remember a war the Americans started?
They why?
Then did they really start it?
And Why?

Start there....

[Dis]

gulf war- we didn't really need to attack Iraq after all. They took over the country therefore they deserve it.

[MarkG]

i'm surprised has given any points to this troll yet

0.1/10

[notyoueither]

Who? jt, or Diss?

I'm enjoying not wanting to rip jt's throat out for once.

[MarkG]

jt of course

[notyoueither]

There isn't an anti-American preponderance in Poly's OT?

[MarkG]

i wouldnt be that positive to such a statement

still, that doesnt change the intentions of jimmy's post....

[notyoueither]

Sauce for the goose...

[Lars-E]

Re: sad thoughts on poly posters

Originally posted by jimmytrick
America spent the first half of the last century fighting to save Europe from German oppression

Saved us? We fought the Nazis from 1939. You guys only joined in fully after you were attacked on your own soil, late 1941. What took you so long?

I know the Hollywood movies portrayed WW2 as a war btw the USA and Germany. The role of other countries are played down. I guess the Americans would like to feel they did all the work and had to help us helpless Eurotrash - I'm sure it makes you feel good...

Don't let Hollywood movies be your only history reference...

BTW, some German rocket scientists were welcomed in America. How could you let these Nazis go free and live in your country?

and the last half holding back the Soviet iron curtain.

Nice try... Too bad you didn't succeed.

Now we want to attack terror at its root and few if any posters here credit America as being any better than the Nazis, Imperial Japanese, and Soviet Communists.

Europe supports the war on terror.

Who was willing to fight communism in Asia. We did. Badly, but we did it to prevent the world from being overun with communist evil that would have stripped from every corner of the world every last vestige of freedom and dignity.

You fought communism in Vietnam, but did not succeed. Couldn't you have tried a less bloody way?

And, setting aside the respect and thanks that we are due, the posters here have no sense of history.

You are due to some respect and thanks of course. We should expect some moral fiber from the superpower.

One ex.: the Marshall plan.

As far as wartime history goes it is more questionable...

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Asher

In World War Two Canada was a completely sovereign nation and wasn't obligated to join in on the war.

Right!

[Dauphin]

They did delay the declaration by a whole week (after Britain declared war).

Australia incidentally declared war on the same day as the British.

[Adalbertus]

BTW, some German rocket scientists were welcomed in America. How could you let these Nazis go free and live in your country?

Even better: V2 was the rocket that hit London in late 1944, and V5 was the version that flew to the moon (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe, weapon for retaliation)

[notyoueither]

There was a brief debate about whether Canada had a choice. It was decided we did. But OTOH, the government didn't really have a choice, the hockey players had already left training camp.

[Adalbertus]

America spent the first half of the last century fighting to save Europe from German oppression and the last half holding back the Soviet iron curtain.

Humanitarian reasons? The USA never moved except for saving their own investments. They were one of the few countries who had an economic benefit of WWII. They invested a lot into England. Had Germany won, the investments were lost. Same with "holding back Soviets". It was a game for power and the USA need Europe as a market - not quite possible with the USSR on top. The main difference: Back then, the USA acted sensibly for their own interests. Today, they are lead by stupid warmongers.

Now we want to attack terror at its root and few if any posters here credit America as being any better than the Nazis, Imperial Japanese, and Soviet Communists.

Begging for credit is something I rightaway despise. And if the US continue as they did do the last years they are not better.

[red_jon]

If the US hadn't joined WW2. Europe would likely have fallen to the Nazis, however, the Soviets would then have 'liberated' them. The Warsaw Pact gains a few million more members and some technologically advanced nations. The US also wouldn't have gained the German scientists, the Soviet Union would have, or they would have been lost.

So America doesn't have as much technology, Western Europe (and all the important investments involved) and the Soviet Union is much, much stronger.

Something tells me America wouldn't have done so well in the Cold War if that were the case...