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Well... history books tell us that Canada entered WWII out of an obligation to its mother country, Britain. Canada was barely independent of Britain, and WWII is seen as Canada's 'coming of age' as an independent state. Our options and US options on entering the war were not identical.
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Don't only look at Canada....wouldn't you say Britain entered the war to protect their own country from Nazi extremism?
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You don't get that sense every time you watch Saving Private Ryan? Band of Brothers? US history books? All of it supports the ideal that the US saved the world from the Nazis because they are good and Nazis evil. While there may be some basis for that belief, I'm not naive enough to think that US administration/officials actually believed these lofty ideals. They were realists, they weighed actions, strategies, and payoffs.
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Weren't you the one that said we shouldn't take our history/influence from movies?
The US did help save the world from the Nazi idealism, just like every other allied nation, regardless of their motives.