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Originally Posted by Reapin
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I agree with everything you said. I focus on the current atrocities committed by America because the youth of today care little of history. History to them is what was on TV in the 90's when they were pre-teens. Every war since WW2 has been an illegitimate war. Bush put us in 2 wars to make up for the losses the defense industry had in the 90's When Clinton refused to have a War.
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Nah, I'm pretty sure you focus on the current "atrocities" because they are culturally relevant right now and you don't know shit about history. Clinton participated in an intervention in Kosovo and the USA, via NATO, footed the bill for a lot of UN activities during this period, and his cuts to defense were proportionately pretty paltry.
And anyway, I'm not sure what makes World War 2 so much more legitimate. We just got tangled up in Imperial Belligerence Round II. Yep, Nazis were exterminating people but we didn't really know or care, and it certainly wasn't the motivation for our alignment with Britain, lend lease, or our participation in the Undeclared War in the Atlantic, all of which motivated and preceded Japan's attack.
Solely in terms of foreign policy, Great Britain wasn't some innocent victim either; you need to keep in mind that at this point in time they were still one of the world's premier powers, and they had a network of alliances, guarantees, and espionage designed to prevent any other nation from attempting to make the breakout that Germany did.