You are right about that. Nations have avoided declaring war in the last 50
years. Strange. I guess they want to save paperwork.
However, FDR, without the consent of Congress, and in fact in opposition to
Congress and the majority of the American people, engaged in acts of war
against both Japan and Germany. For this alone he should have been
impeached. All the American dead in WW II are on his hands.
Germany at least wanted desperately to avoid hostilities
with the USA. I have read a lot about the Nazis.
If Sweden didn't want to fight the Nazis, why should we?
I have been impressed by how well chosen words can mask the truth.
World War II didn't start in 1939 with the invasion of Poland. We didn't get
involved in WW II in 1941. There was no world war until we got involved.
And, what beyond weakening Germany and Japan was achieved by this war?
Nothing, as far as I can see. To celebrate WW II as a "good" war is beyond
belief.
Now a good war was in 1848 (or there abouts) with Mexico, since we got
California (since reclaimed) and Texas (oil) from Mexico. However, even that
victory was tainted according to US Grant, since he claimed in his
autobiography that the acquisition of those territories was the root cause
of the American Civil War.
Joel
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:42:10AM -0400, burns wrote:
> On September 12, 2001 07:14 am, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 12:24:57AM -0400, dep wrote:
> > > charles krauthammer, mideast expert, is a quadraplegic who
> > > nevertheless is one of the most astute commentators. i recommend his
> > > column of today:
> > >
> > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14320-2001Sep11.html
> > > --
> >
> > I read the article. I agree except with his assertion we didn't seek war
> > with Nazi Germany or Japan. We DID seek war with both those nations. FDR
> > ran illegal wars against both those countries prior to Pearl Harbor. Now we
> > gaily recall the hero days of the Flying Tigers, but that was a war crime
> > by any standards (Shooting down Japanese planes in China with American
> > pilots sponsored by the US govt without a declaration of war) and we
> > attacked German submarines in the Atlantic long before we were at war with
> > Germany. This is not hyperbole. This is the public record. At Nurenberg,
> > such actions were punished with death.
>
> Careful Joel, there's moe than a little hyperbole mixed in there.
> Participating in military actions against other military forces is not a war
> crime (although traditionally it has been considered an de facto act of war).
> In fact, "Declaring War," officially, has gone out of style along with swords
> and the slapping of faces with gloves. Certainly, the US has not declared war
> on another nation since WWII. In fact, I can't think of many instances since
> WWII where any major country has declared war on another, despite widespread
> hostilities by military forces... perhaps in one of the Arab-Israeli wars.
> All the rest, including Vietnam, have been technically "conflicts."
>
> --
> burns
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