From: "Mark" 

"Luckily for all concerned (on *our* side) Hitler solved the problem
for us."

It sounds like you're saying public opinion would have stopped us from
doing the right thing without Hitler's help. Will public opinion elect
Kerry and cause our premature withdrawal from Iraq? Let's hope not, on the
presumption that we've learned something in 60 years.

"Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
news:opsfi2mzpgsagvys{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:31:40 -0400, Gary Britt 
> wrote:
>
>> We went to war
>> with GERMANY NOT because they had anything to do with the attack at Pearl
>> Harbor, but because they were a potential threat.
>> Things that make one go hmmmmmm.
>
> Hitler was criticized (by historians) for declaring was on the US after
> Pearl Harbor; it was felt that despite the "Germany first" strategy,
> Roosevelt would have been forced to concentrate on Japan due to public
> opinion.  Luckily for all concerned (on *our* side) Hitler solved the
> problem for us.
>
> "Germany first" because, yes, they were the bigger threat, but even so
> they made the first move.
>
> --
> Steve 
> http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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