Jeff Snyder -> Ross Cassell wrote:

 JS> Ross, yes, Germany declared war on the USA, but tell me, was there
 JS> really any
 JS> threat to the continental USA? Did you see any German planes flying over
 JS> the
 JS> US mainland at any time.

Are you saying that they could have never struck at us?

They had U-boats in the Gulf Of Mexico and off the Atlantic Seaboard.

 JS> As far as Japan is concerned, yes, they attacked, and they struck, but
 JS> it is
 JS> important to realize where they struck...military installations far removed
 JS> from the US mainland, because that was the limit of their capabilities. I
 JS> don't think the Japanese or the Germans ever really posed a serious
 JS> threat to
 JS> the US mainland. They both knew that if they got too close, they didn't
 JS> stand
 JS> a chance against American fire power...at least so me thinks. :)

What firepower, we werent on a war footing then.

Why are you trying to second guess events that have already happened?

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