On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:09:36 -0500, "Tony Volk"
wrote:

I'll probably regret getting dragged into this, but it smacks me as very
hypocritical for a U.S. citizens to question an ally for not jumping into
any war they wanted. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the U.S. dragged their
feet for a relatively long time to officially defend "peace, freedom, etc."
when they were threatened as never before or since (W.W.II). It wasn't
until their own country was attacked that they officially entered the war.
I am aware of their other efforts before that, but no real commitment of
troops was provided. Heck, the whole western world pretty much stood by and
did nothing as Czechoslovakia was annexed. I'm not anti-American, but I
think that before you throw stones, you might want to look around to see how
much glass is in your house. Regards,

Remember the Monroe Doctorine. its for this reason that the US didnt
get involved. If Germany would have invaded a country in the western
hemisphere that would have been a differnet matter. Let Europe worry
about Europe was the motto of the day, for it was a foreign war.
But when we were attacked it no longer became a foreign war.
P.S. there was no western world or eastern world, only western
hemisphere(new world) and eastern hemisphere(old world). West and east
didnt come into play until the cold war. And the US wanted to keep the
war, and Europe out of the New World, therefore we didnt step in
theirs.
P.P.S Britian and France combined had a bigger military then Germany
all the way to the start of WW2. They could have stopped Hitler in
'36. But they suffered from the Peace at all Cost sickness.

Tony

Peace, freedom, etc. Those things that the French have never been
able to defend.

Al Minyard