NJ5 said:
Killiana1a said:
theman88 said:
Obama has become a surrender monkey and the reason i dont approve of that is basically because it makes us look weak for one but most of all to the European nations WE BAILED THEM OUT IN EVERY WAR. We have no reason to apologize to them. And as for the Japanese it was either the A bomb or continued war with the world which would you like?
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If you read up on the history, the Japanese were willing to take it into the mountains and caves with each Japanese woman and child armed and ready to die for Hirohito.
Looking at the WW2 scenario of decimating the Japanese population on their homefront or sending a message with 2 nuclear bombs that reverberates today as a deterrence, I am glad we chose the latter.
Otherwise, I would have never known the joys of Nintendo, Sushi, and anime.
As for Europe, they like to tell us Americans we are dumb and fat, but isn't it so funny how quickly they have forgotten about the Marshall Plan and our protection of them during the Cold War under NATO?
If US military forces were not guarding the City on the Hill, Europe, you would see a more divisive, militaristic Europe in response to the threat of the USSR.
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Let's set one thing straight... The Marshall Plan was good for Europe but it was good for the US too, causing an economic boom in the US with exports to Europe.
It was not a favor.
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It was mainly designed in a way along with NATO to ensure the US would never again have to get involved in a war between European states. Increased economic activity came later after the Marshall Plan.
