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To: rexthecat
The hand wringers and bed wetters are unhappy, but they always are.

Which are VAST majority, the ones that believe in putting America First and abandoning neocon foreign policy.

27 posted on 04/20/2024 2:29:10 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

“America First” is an interesting phrase. That was the theme of the Neutrality Acts. The Neutrality Act of 1935 crippled the Allied rearmament of 1939, denying as it did even commercial credit, as did the Congressional override of the extension of “cash and carry” in March 1939. France in particular was hard hit as it was behind in its own industrial reforms and was dependent on purchases from the US.

Arms sales were allowed again, on a cash basis, in Nov 1939 (the third Neutrality act), but with lead times, it was too late for France in May 1940. French ports were choked with recently arrived US arms and supplies that were trickling to the front. Too late.

This was a gross US strategic error. May 1940 overturned the world order and made it a world war.

It did make Stalin both happy and nervous btw. You should research your own side.


119 posted on 04/20/2024 5:36:09 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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