Re: shuttle disaster
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:43:46AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Ya know, I've always wondered why Hitler declared war on us. We never
> did anything to him. He was fighting the Godless Communists, and a
> significant minority of Americans were anti-Semitic... The usual reason
> is that we declared war on Japan. Well, heck. He ignored treaties
> before. Why not ignore the Axis Treaty? It would have kept us out of
> the war long enough to starve England. Then he could have easily
> conquored it.
>
> But, of course, he was insane. Otherwise, why invade Russia?
He was pissed off with America for not being neutral enough, ie.
helping Britain with supplies etc. but not giving equal - or any -
help to Germany. Even before Pearl Harbor, it was very obvious whose
side America was on, even if they weren't actually fighting. In
Alistair Cooke's words "America was very nearly a secret belligerent,
and Hitler knew it."
Pigeon
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