Abscence Of A Pearl Harbor Moment

TheEnforcer · 02-16-2003

For all the bitching we do about how the europeans don't want to support us in this war it's is really no different than what we did in WWII. We didn't care who died and how much territory Hitler conquered until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor by Hitler's allies and he then declared war on us 4 days later. Until then we were VERY content to sit back and say that "it's a European problem" and it's none of our concern.

It illustrates the problem of detachment and self interest. and as much as we would like to believe that we have always been white knights that rode to the rescue, history when put in it's proper perspective, tells us otherwise. We are still the greatest nation on earth but we are often blinded by our eagerness to always look at history through rose colored glasses.

02-16-2003	#1
TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	For all the bitching we do about how the europeans don't want to support us in this war it's is really no different than what we did in WWII. We didn't care who died and how much territory Hitler conquered until we were attacked at Pearl Harbor by Hitler's allies and he then declared war on us 4 days later. Until then we were VERY content to sit back and say that "it's a European problem" and it's none of our concern. It illustrates the problem of detachment and self interest. and as much as we would like to believe that we have always been white knights that rode to the rescue, history when put in it's proper perspective, tells us otherwise. We are still the greatest nation on earth but we are often blinded by our eagerness to always look at history through rose colored glasses.