For almost all of my nearly 73 years, I thought the US did the right thing unequivocally by getting involved in the European theater of WWII.
I’ve studied the battles, the strategies, the biographies of the generals and leaders. I’ve seen all the movies.
I’m not talking about Japan - we had no choice but to respond as they attacked us.
But Europe? Now that I’ve seen how they just never can get along with each other, ever, and after we’ve spent untold trillions of our tax dollars to defend them, and sacrificed uncounted lives of young men and women who didn’t have the chance to live, love, and raise a family...
Well, the past few years I have had the first inklings of doubt beginning to creep in...
The other thing is, France and Italy came very close to going full-blown Communist after the war.
*But Europe? Now that I’ve seen how they just never can get along with each other, ever, and after we’ve spent untold trillions of our tax dollars to defend them*
Any student of world history could confirm that Europe was the bloodiest continent in. world history.