CSU-UNLV

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by canuckrefguy

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My hopes and good wishes go out to your Armed Forces. Our Prime Minister refuses to commit military support unless the U.N. mandates it, a position I support. Any Americans who criticize us for that should remember that it took over two years for you folks to pitch in against Adolf Hitler.

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I can't let this pass without comment becase it is untrue. Well before the US "entered" WW2 we gave mountians of arms, ships & vehicles to both the Soviets & the British. We also provided the naval support (ie armed forces) needed to get that equipment from here to there. We exchanged technology and information, most notably the Norden bomb sight, some ciphering technology & equipment as well as information gathered through spys. This was done because FDR and his administration was committed to defeating the Nazis even while the opinion polls showed the American people were overwhelmingly isolationist (so much for popular opinion). We were in fact "in the war" years before we "declared war".

Edit to comment that cannuckrefguy has lost this argument by virtue of Godwin's Law. It's true! Look it up!


[Edited by Dan_ref on Mar 19th, 2003 at 01:02 PM]