"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I don't care if the Europeans appreciate us or not

IIRC, they don't appreciate it, YMMD

, just so long as they
don't drag us into another stupid World War.

heck, you declared and entered war formally when attacekd on your own soil
(Pearl Harbor). Until then you helped the British with supplies. At that
time
the Nazis shot down american ships at the US east cost and nazi-submarines
waited close to the harbour of NY and cruised along the shoreline of
Florida.
AFAIK there have also been rules to darken the windows in cities at night.

you would not have entered WWII *in* *Europe* with not seeing only very
big
advantages. You haven't done it because you where nice guys.


So, your argument is that we were already involved in the war in Europe
before Pearl Harbor, but we would not have gotten involved in the war in
Europe if we had not been attacked at Pearl Harbor. Am I understanding that
correctly?