Could America's entry into ww2 have been prevented?

[Geronimo]

Re: Re: Could America's entry into ww2 have been prevented?

Originally posted by b etor


They wouldn't have. The US LOVES getting involved in everything.

pre world war 2 isolationism is a revisionist fabrication?

[b etor]

I don't know what that means?

[Dis]

he's saying we were isolationist before ww2, which is true. I guess he saying revisionists are making up the idea that we were isolationist? That's the best way I can explain it. That maybe we were only pretending to be isolationist, when upper politicians had secret desires to make war, but weren't sure they could do so without public support.

I'd say we genuinely were isolationist up to a point. Obviously we'd sell arms to Britain and Russia to support our motives and ideals.

perhaps nations such as Japan thought we were soft because of this.

[b etor]

That really doesn't help me much, but thank you anyway.

My friend woke me up in theology class today
"[b etor], did we fight the russians in the vietnam war?"
"what the hell? no. we fought the vietnamese! russians were in ww1"
"[b etor], are you sure?"
"yea"

/me drifts back off to sleep.

[Kuciwalker]

/me cries

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by Dis
he's saying we were isolationist before ww2, which is true. I guess he saying revisionists are making up the idea that we were isolationist? That's the best way I can explain it. That maybe we were only pretending to be isolationist, when upper politicians had secret desires to make war, but weren't sure they could do so without public support.

I'd say we genuinely were isolationist up to a point. Obviously we'd sell arms to Britain and Russia to support our motives and ideals.

perhaps nations such as Japan thought we were soft because of this.

He asking if that was what b etor was implying.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Dis
he's saying we were isolationist before ww2, which is true. I guess he saying revisionists are making up the idea that we were isolationist? That's the best way I can explain it. That maybe we were only pretending to be isolationist, when upper politicians had secret desires to make war, but weren't sure they could do so without public support.

I'd say we genuinely were isolationist up to a point. Obviously we'd sell arms to Britain and Russia to support our motives and ideals.

perhaps nations such as Japan thought we were soft because of this.

I was trying to make sense of where she got the notion that the US loved getting involved in everything in the pre-ww2 era.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
* Kuciwalker cries

[Dis]

Originally posted by Geronimo


I was trying to make sense of where she got the notion that the US loved getting involved in everything in the pre-ww2 era.

that's what I figured.

I don't think they were. But as with anything, I'm sure there were a few people itching for war.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by molly bloom


It's clearly working on me. I'm from a staunch Irish Republican background, but I'm now under the delusion, as Ned said, that I'm a British apologist.

Quite what I'm apologising for, I have no idea.

'Are You Being Served ?' and 'The Benny Hill Show' repeats, possibly...

Funnily enough Ned's hatred of all things British seems to stem from him being of Irish decent.

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
* Kuciwalker cries

Sad, I know. Then again, I recall similar conversations... in college. And it wasn't a bad college...

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Originally posted by TheStinger

Funnily enough Ned's hatred of all things British seems to stem from him being of Irish decent.

Nah, I think that's a red herring. NYE has it right.

-Arrian

[Barnabas]

Isolationism is a lie, and isnt a lie

The USA was getting involved in many places before world war 2, in latin america and the philippines, but what most people mean with isolationist, is that the USA kept a distance from the issues of european powers, that is true.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
* Kuciwalker cries

We need:

-crying
-frog
-vomit

smilies.

And Heresson's 500 posts back

[Dis]

we can take those 500 posts from you as you made 500 posts about the subject.