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RIJIMMY · 11-18-2004, 11:20 AM

Skip is 100% correct.
The "reason" the US stayed out of the conflict was beacuse of WWI, many US soliders died in WWI which was exclusivley a European war. This left marks on the public (just like Vietnam) that the US should not get involved in other countries problems. This belief was so strong, Churchill begged the US to lend our old destroyers to Engalnd so that supplies could get through to isolated England. FDR presented it to congress and it was denied. The Germans actually sank a US troop ship with over 4000 US soldiers, all died and still the US did not declare war on Germany. As Skip said, after we declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on us and we declared war on them.

I honelsty think this has nothing to do with Iraq, they are 2 very different conflicts.

11-18-2004, 11:20 AM	#18
RIJIMMY sick of bluefish iTrader: (1) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: TEXAS Posts: 8,672	Skip is 100% correct. The "reason" the US stayed out of the conflict was beacuse of WWI, many US soliders died in WWI which was exclusivley a European war. This left marks on the public (just like Vietnam) that the US should not get involved in other countries problems. This belief was so strong, Churchill begged the US to lend our old destroyers to Engalnd so that supplies could get through to isolated England. FDR presented it to congress and it was denied. The Germans actually sank a US troop ship with over 4000 US soldiers, all died and still the US did not declare war on Germany. As Skip said, after we declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on us and we declared war on them. I honelsty think this has nothing to do with Iraq, they are 2 very different conflicts.