Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Agamemnon
At the time people had no idea how bad Hitler really was. The details of the holocaust didn't emerge until after the war. Boatloads of Jews fleeing Europe were denied access to Canada and the US (because Jews were an undesireable population back then apparently) and were forced to go back to Germany to die.
|
I think you will have a hard time proving that people had no idea how bad Hitler really was. Sure, most of his atrocities emerged after the war, but it was enough to listen to his speeches even before he came to power to realize what kind of a monster he was.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Yep, you got me. I'm a big Nazi supporter. Could you go ahead and quote where I say that I believe fighting Nazi Germany was the wrong thing to do?
|
Where did I say that you are a nazi supporter? I did not. But you seem to think that the US entered the war for selfish reasons only, because they didnt want a world competitor. But the point is - whatever their reason was - when Americans entered the war, they helped more people, not just themselves (when they got rid of a strong Germany) as you seem to imply.
Same thing goes for the Korean war, did the Americans fight because they loved southern koreans, probably not, did they help souther koreans - you bet your ass they did. Any southern korean who looks at nothern korea has got to be grateful, no matter if the US fought for ideological reason only or not.