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Originally Posted by JohnR
It's mostly true, other than material support for GB, the US was keeping its eyes to the far east.
FDR wanted to do more but the nation was pretty split.
OTH - if today's politics (last 10 years anyway) were sent back to 1940, Europe would be farked.
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PH put it over the edge but Rosevelt saw it coming and put us on a war footing. Probably one of the most signifigant actions by a US president ever. He knew it was inevitable.
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