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Contributor: Fleabag
Date: 2003-01-24 18:45:09
During the 30's and 40's the United States did not want to go to war against Hitler. They were isolationist and the axis powers declared war on the US first. The US simply did not see any benefit for themselves by getting into a 'european war'. Even the torpedoing of the USS Reuben James did not move the US to declare Nazi Germany as it's enemy. Now, however, the US does see gain for itself by decaring war. The only trouble is, most of the world is questioning the motives of the US. There were (and are) many regimes in the world far worse than Iraq right now, and much worse in the recent past. The US is going full force into the country with the #2 oil reserve capacity, ignoring dozens of countries with worse human rights violations. There may be some that are not as immediately threatening to the US, but the issue of war with Iraq is much deeper than the US is willing to talk about.
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