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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: Re: Re: America-bashing
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Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 10:41:07 EDT
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Tom Hill to Chris Lewis:

> I suggest that you read Winston C's book _The_Gathering_Storm_ before
> you go blaming the USA for WW II.  True, at that time American was
> in an isolationalistic (I hope that is a word :-) mood, however, both France and
> Britain due to their poor foreign policy decisions during the 30's led
> themselves into WW II.
> 
> Tom Hill

And I suggest that you reread what Chris wrote.  Nowhere in his posting did
he "blame" the US for WWII:

> > For a country who has an official stance of
> > "Saviour/Protector of the Free World", they don't practice what they
> > preach too well.  Examples abound.  One primary example is WW II:  It
> > wasn't until 1941 when Germany declared war on the US (eight days after
> > Pearl Harbour) that the US decided to enter the European and Atlantic
> > war.  Prior to that, most of the aid that was provided to Britain and
> > the other allies was under-the-table (Roosevelt was afraid of being
> > impeached, since some VERY powerful US citizens and lobbying groups
> > backed the Germans - I won't name any names for fear of getting nuked
> > by their fans.  Lend-lease was considerably after the war started.).
> > Many Europeans still haven't forgiven the
> > US for leaving them in the lurch (and being hypocritical about it) for
> > so long.  The US has been practicing "Isolationism" for most of this
> > century.
> > -- 
> > Chris Lewis,
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Sophie Quigley
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