Posted on 10/21/2024 6:21:34 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I don’t get why Belgium was worth defending, considering what they did in The Congo.
Britain might still have their empire if they’d stayed out of it.
Historically the UK has always been nervous about if a major European land power controls the Channel ports - e.g, Belgian ports, etc. When it seceded from the Netherlands after the Congress of Vienna the UK guaranteed its sovereignty to keep the French out.
and there was a leftover German royal (Victoria’s uncle) who needed a job!
Why does Britain care about the Continent, when they had their Empire?
They needed “Brexit” in 1914.
The needed Brex-Stay-Away in 1914!
Furthermore, if the French weren’t encouraging him, Czar Nicky never would have mobilized the Russian Army, which forced the Germans’ hand.
They had that unfortunate experience with the Normans!
Yep!
After ignobly losing the Russo-Japanese War Imperial Russian had no business getting into another war!
Well Nicky paid the price for it. Sad about the rest of the family, though, they didn’t deserve that.
We are limited to considerations of “benefit”, not morals. Economically Germany and America could have cooperated, not matter how repellant.
In the long run of history, the US and Allied victory in WW II made the US and the world more peaceful and prosperous.No doubts about that. A more salient question is cui bono from what has led to America's economic decline?
Great, self-governing nations regard their foundational principles as more important than economics and trade. No matter what, America would not have accepted Nazi Germany’s military predations against France and Britain or been blind to Hitler’s long term plans against the United States.
To win WW II and the Cold War, the United States entered into a series of deals, trade relationships, and international organization that put the US at a disadvantage against the rest of the world. In addition, the Left subverted and damaged America’s traditional domestic policies and institutions. Trump seeks to reverse all that, which is why he is so bitterly opposed.
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