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To: fso301

Yeah, the day after Pearl Harbor. But we were escorting British convoys (and fighting U-boats) before that.

45 posted on 08/25/2007 6:55:12 PM PDT by ozzymandus

To: ozzymandus

Yeah, the day after Pearl Harbor. But we were escorting British convoys (and fighting U-boats) before that.

True, we were only nominally neutral prior to Dec 7 but our emphasis on stopping Germany really was because the Germans were the greater threat.

46 posted on 08/25/2007 7:30:13 PM PDT by fso301

To: ozzymandus

We also dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, whereas the worst thing that happenned in Germany was firebombing Dresden by the RAF.

In both cases, the allies were justified.

47 posted on 08/25/2007 7:33:22 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)

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