Except that the US declared war on Japan only. Germany and Italy
declared war on the US after that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Horst Hinz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:14 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: FW: NewYork Terrorist Attack
>
>
> OK, I don't want to get into a huge debate or anything, but
> if I remember my history correctly, America was sitting out
> WWII until Pearl Harbour. Sure they provided equipment to
> the British, but Europe was on it's own until someone hit the
> US and THEIR security was threatened. So in effect, America
> was fighting for itself as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:01 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: FW: NewYork Terrorist Attack
>
>
> >> We all won the war...
> >> The Allies. Their decendants. Those of us here.
> >> We all lost people in WWII.
>
> The point being here that until America entered into the
> fray, it was not boding well for ALL of Europe. Numerous
> countries were defeated and had already surrendered. Yes, we
> all won the war, but we all weren't responsible for that win
> as many of the "teams" had already left the playing field.
> And it obviously wasn't going well before America got
> involved. This goes back to the point that America does care
> about it's "neighbors". "We all won the war..." seems a
> little flippant and not in understanding with what was going
> on at the time. I can tell you that we WEREN'T all winning
> the war until America came over and gave it's kids for
> foreign soil. Europeans were fighting to protect themselves.
> Americans were fighting for Europeans, our "neighbors". To
> now say that we wouldn't care if this (the terrorist attack)
> had happened anywhere in the world is just silly.
>
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