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Originally Posted by Vulcan
From what i know of WW2, Roosevelt wanted to get in but Congress wouldn't go along until Pearl Harbour. It may even be rumoured that he ignored Japanese threats in order to have an excuse to join in. As far as American propoganda goes, it sucks and I'm surprised when some Canadians like Fireball buy into it.
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Buy into what? Fact? Wow. Everything I've stated is stuff I saw with my own eyes and read in the same history books that you did. You know what else sucks? When people rant on about 'American propoganda' on a day when a lot of American soldiers lost their lives to bail us out of a war we were inevitably going to lose otherwise. And the reason they don't often refer to the war as being from 1939-1945, is because it wasn't technically a World War until American and Japan got involved. Prior to that, it was just a conflict in Eastern Europe. Every American I talked to on that tour acknowledged it as starting in 1939, and yes, they do acknowledge they hesitated on joining in the first place.
Pretty sure Germany was knocking on London's door with a few dozens bombs before then.
Why does being supportive of America and American history mean I'm buying into American propoganda?
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Last edited by Fireball; 12-07-2006 at 01:05 PM.
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