At 02:12 9-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
However, Japan was on the same side as Germany. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, AFAIK there weren't any US troops in Europe, fighting the Germans. If Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor, thus getting the US really involved in the war, would the US have done anything, or would they have considered it "their problem, not ours"?Woah.... did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were attacked by Japan.
This is not an attack, BTW, but a genuine question about the views of the US government prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Get your facts straight, please. I quoted what mr. Schroeder said about "war never being the solution". I have not said that I fully agree with that viewpoint. Please don't put words in my mouth.According to Jeroen's reasoning, we should have never bothered fighting against the Germans until they attacked us directly, on our soil.
Most European countries are supporting the US, so it seems your assessment of the European viewpoint is incorrect.I'll repeat myself: Europe's current attitude of 'we'll wait to fight until we're directly attacked' is foolhardy and shortsighted.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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