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-Great Cultural Revolution
Surprising number of Americans 'not sure' if fighting Nazis was good, poll finds
2021-06-02
[NYPOST] In the realm of global conflicts, World War II is often viewed as the quintessential battle between good and evil.

Nonetheless, a whopping one-third of Americans either believe that it was a mistake or remain unsure about the US’s involvement in the so-called "good war," according to a new poll by the Economist/YouGov.

The study, which was conducted in honor of Memorial Day, asked 1,500 Americans whether it was a mistake for the US to participate in wars from World War I to Iraq. To ensure accurate representation, the sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2016 presidential vote, registration status, geographic region, and other designations, per the site.

The poll found that a whopping 18% of participants were unsure if Uncle Sam should’ve participated in WWII, in which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt deployed troops to fight the Nazis and the Japanese Empire in 1941.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch started the buffalo stampeding......
 14% thought fighting in the "War Against Hitler" was a mistake while 62% believed that contributing soldiers was the right decision.

Posted by:Fred

#13  ^ This. New century. New foreign policy needed.

Fortress America + Alliance of the West/Judeo-CHristov not Peoples.

That is, not NATO but European Christendom. EXCLUDING Turkey and INCLUDING Israel.

Against The Rest. With alliances of convenience with Japan, India, various African nations etc.

Get rid of NATO. "An old bitch, gone in the teeth." - EH
Posted by: Sheba Unoter4139   2021-06-02 22:55  

#12  
Remember this:
1. True Republicans are not 'Globalists'
2. America owes nothing to the world, we give freely.
3. The time to give has ended, you are on your own.

Posted by: Count Galeazzo Crinese2942   2021-06-02 21:53  

#11  Europe attempted suicide twice in the first half of the 20th Century only to be bailed out by the US, at the price of our republic for doing it. A folly that only repeated Justinian's attempt to resurrect the Roman Empire. The West had fallen and he expended the resources of the East in a vain attempt to recover it, only to leave the East exhausted when the Islamic Conquest roared out of the Arabian peninsula.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-02 21:28  

#10  It's the cold war we should be questioning since we spent a ton of money protecting Europe only to see Socialists popping up in large numbers everywhere a few decades later.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-06-02 20:24  

#9  ...because of isolationist sentiment in Congress

Which reflected the national mood. The Americans were all for taking on Japan for Pearl Harbor and swiftly followed by their invasion of the US territory of the Philippines. FDR and his administration were handed the gift by Hitler, cause FDR knew that until then, he couldn't get Congress to declare war on the other Axis partners no matter what 'games' he played at the edge of enticement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-02 13:48  

#8  A spelling flame...really is that all you've got? This isn't a conspiracy theory and all the facts have been known for decades.

"U.S. Navy ships helped escort the convoys bringing Lend-Lease goods to England. The Royal Canadian Navy escorted the convoys to a point off Newfoundland. The U.S. Navy picked the convoys up there, escorted them out into the Atlantic, and handed them over to the British Royal Navy at a mid-ocean meeting point. The Navy performed these duties while the United States maintained its official neutrality. The pretext was that the Navy was helping to supply American troops stationed in Iceland. Merchant ships of other nations, such as Great Britain, were free to tag along, and these “hitchhikers” got U.S. Navy protection. This subterfuge was necessary because of isolationist sentiment in Congress, but it fooled few, least of all the German Navy.

On September 4, 1941, a German U- boat attacked the destroyer USS Greer (DD-145) as she steamed alone toward Iceland. The Greer dodged two torpedoes and counterattacked with depth charges. In response, Roosevelt ordered the Navy to shoot on sight any Axis warship found in waters “the protection of which is necessary for American defense.” The North Atlantic came within the scope of this order. Roosevelt’s logic was simple: “If you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.”

The London Daily Mail predicted that the United States was “marching down the last mile to a declaration of war.”
Posted by: Jiggs Trotsky5854   2021-06-02 11:39  

#7  Reuben James you moron. If you are going to cite history in an effort to assert your comprehensive knowledge of the context of preWWII America, know the subject...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-06-02 11:03  

#6  That's a weird take on history. FDR waged an undeclared war on Germany in the Atlantic. How about the Rueben Jones incident?

When German transports loaded up in Mexico, they'd be shadowed by an American ship broadcasting their location. Oh, it would be a pity if a British submarine showed up and sank it.

Once you learn how about the wars the US government foists on us, you never look at history the same. It's been this way since 1898. They have goals to achieve, money to make, and if hundreds of thousands of us have to die, well that's a price they're willing to pay.
Posted by: Jiggs Trotsky5854   2021-06-02 10:24  

#5  When you don't teach history in schools anymore, you get dumb shit like this.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-06-02 09:44  

#4  They all seem to forget or didn't cared to find out. It was about a week after Pearl Harbor that the Germans and Italians declared war on the United States. It wasn't an option at that point. The east coast would become inflamed as shipping was sunk almost unmolested since the US Navy had no real anti-submarine program (after watching the British having to deal with it for over two years).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-02 08:40  

#3  No demographic breakdown of those who disapprove?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-06-02 08:20  

#2  ^ A new chew toy
Posted by: Frank G   2021-06-02 06:42  

#1  WWI was fought to prevent the Germans from taking over our banks' investments in Europe.
Posted by: Sheger Thromotch7944   2021-06-02 03:45  

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