Yarrgh
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Still a war criminal though!
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OnlyBlueWillDo
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He's been waging war against the US and the UK for decades, funding and organising terrorist attacks, supporting Assad's war in Syria.
From what I saw in that program they should have took him out years ago.
Nothing nuanced or complicated about it, Iran will continue to wage a covert war against the west, they'll just have to do it without their top guy.
Yeh, I mean, it's obviously been a country the west have derailed and meddled with for too long.
I just don't think the current regime should be getting any sympathy.
spectateur
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WW1 - they joined in when the European adverseries had just about decimated each other. Why did they join in? They had nothing against Imperial Germany.
They realised that French/British industry was worn out and they saw great business opportunities. Look at the US companies that came to UK after that war; Ford,GM, Mars, Singer, Kelloggs. etc.
WW2 - well the Japs zapped them in the Pacific.
In N Africa and in Europe they had no need to join other than Churchill's pleading. (the holacaust had not been discovered in 1942). They sold weapons and arms to UK before that, and charged a price that took 50 years to pay off the debt.
Having said that, if the merrycans hadn't joined in then I think the Soviets would have first beaten the Germans, then over run the rest of western europe right to the atlantic coast.
Hey, perhaps Roosevelt's advisors saw that coming too.
tsubaki
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WW1 - they joined in when the European adverseries had just about decimated each other. Why did they join in? They had nothing against Imperial Germany.
They realised that French/British industry was worn out and they saw great business opportunities. Look at the US companies that came to UK after that war; Ford,GM, Mars, Singer, Kelloggs. etc.
WW2 - well the Japs zapped them in the Pacific.
In N Africa and in Europe they had no need to join other than Churchill's pleading. (the holacaust had not been discovered in 1942). They sold weapons and arms to UK before that, and charged a price that took 50 years to pay off the debt.
Having said that, if the merrycans hadn't joined in then I think the Soviets would have first beaten the Germans, then over run the rest of western europe right to the atlantic coast.
Hey, perhaps Roosevelt's advisors saw that coming too.
FWIW they didn’t “join” in Europe, Hitler declared war on them.
davek
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No he wasn't. He converted to Catholicism after he killed all those people...to gain absolution no doubt.
spectateur
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Yes in theory because of his alliance with the Japs. He had no access to confronting US troops or US territory before they arrived in N Africa and later in NW Europ.
neil999
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hahha, you can imagine him going through all the religions...
'hang on, this one says i can be absolved of all sins if i confess...i've found one cherie!!'
tsubaki
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Not really - they had submarines off the East Coast and sinking US shipping in US waters really quickly.
Being a professional warrior has been an honorable trade for the overwhelming majority of human history.
Still is, even in this totally post-war enlightened era where we obviously have it all figured out. How those people are used and sacrificed is a different discussion.
Correct. German submarines were active in the Long Island Sound in January 1942. I believe a British tanker was sunk in the general vicinity of Montauk
canuckblue
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They also did a lot of damage around the Cape Hatteras area off the Carolinas.
Yup. I grew up on Long Island, so those tales are more vivid to me, but you’re absolutely correct regarding sub activity in the Outer Banks
davek
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Pity he didn't convert to Buddhism; I'd have stamped down hard on that 'kin maggot he came back as.
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