On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:43:46AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > Ya know, I've always wondered why Hitler declared war on us. We never > did anything to him. He was fighting the Godless Communists, and a > significant minority of Americans were anti-Semitic... The usual reason > is that we declared war on Japan. Well, heck. He ignored treaties > before. Why not ignore the Axis Treaty? It would have kept us out of > the war long enough to starve England. Then he could have easily > conquored it. > > But, of course, he was insane. Otherwise, why invade Russia?
He was pissed off with America for not being neutral enough, ie. helping Britain with supplies etc. but not giving equal - or any - help to Germany. Even before Pearl Harbor, it was very obvious whose side America was on, even if they weren't actually fighting. In Alistair Cooke's words "America was very nearly a secret belligerent, and Hitler knew it." Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]