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Old 08-12-2006, 12:05 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Sure motives count, be the trouble is - you can never be 100% certain what the motives of someone else are - because you cannot read their mind. You can guess, but you cannot be certain.

So your implications that the US was selfish to enter the war(s) are based on your mindreading abilities, arent they?
Based on my 5 years studying political science and history (what you might call 'mindreading'), yes, the US entered the War for reasons other than alleviating human suffering and supporting global goodness, but rather for reasons and purposes that suited the US economically and politically.
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