• defunct_punk@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Wut? The US was still in the middle of economic disaster when WW2 began. What reason did the US have to enter Europe until Germany’s allies attacked us?

    • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      The US was still in the middle of an economic disaster

      So was everyone else, even Germany was starting to run into food shortages. If anything this would be a reason to go to war, as the only thing that ended up getting us out of the great depression was the war.

      What reason did the US have to enter Europe until Germany’s allies attacked us?

      Stopping fascism, and the holocaust. We’ve started wars on way less justified grounds than that.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      4 days ago

      Yeah but you should know by now the US is a pile of shit for taking too long to get into any major conflict, but ALSO the US is a pile of shit for involving themselves in other countries conflicts.

      • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        There is a huge difference between entering a war to help stop acts of aggression, versus going around supporting acts of aggression, helping to depose democratically elected leaders, or funding genocides.

        I think you will find it is the last three that have attracted the real criticism over the years.