Anyone here that was around during WWII that could describe the similarities of Americas mindset then and now?

Question

In relation to how the anti-war people feel about how America is the problem and how they embrace the ideaology of the people we are fighting. I've noticed alot of people who say communism wouldn't be such a bad thing, and in the next breath say that America is the problem in today's war.

Answer 1

My father is still alive and was in WWII. He talks about it every so often. The attitude then was so much different. He remembers how people were dying in the millions and the ideology of the enemy wasn't similar at all. People wanting a fundamentalist theocracy have much different values than fascists. There was a lot of investment by conservatives with money in Nazi Germany. Support in the form of investment of Hitler came from the likes of Prescot Bush and philisophical support from Charles Lindbergh. The person who answered previously about liberals supporting Hitler is seriously misinformed. Hitler represented the destruction of liberal values. Fascism, for those who seem to be less informed, was mostly designed to give corporations direct governmental influence. Hardly a liberal philosophy.

Answer 2

I think that there are more similarities between the current military action in Iraq and Vietnam than there are between WWII and Iraq.
I'm also not sure that all the "anti-war people" are saying that America is the problem and embracing the ideology of the enemy. It seems clear now that our government made some intelligence errors and the current conflict is not what any one bargianed for initially. The enemy's position is that we Westerners are infidels, and they are on a holy war to either convert or exterminate all non-muslims. I really have not heard many anti-war protesters saying that.
Certainly there are reasons for other nations to hate us. While it is appaling to most Americans, the reality is that American foriegn policy has often supported brutal dictators and turned a blind eye to their atrocities. Of course those people hate us. They see our government helping their opressors.
They have other reasons, too. Western culture is fundmentally changing traditional Muslim culture. We are viewed as a threat to the old ways and, ironically enough, what they consider traditional family values. We aren't trying to, it's just that Western culture is attractive. To a religious theocracy, the personal liberties and freedom of expression we consider essential are very dangerous. It's not unlike the attitude of the Christian church in the Middle Ages.

Answer 3

Chasing after cock roaches with the idea that you can rid the world of them is not exactly my idea of a rational mans war!

During World War 2 very few americans were what some air head called liberal. Most americans were isolationist who had never seen and could care less about the rest of the world. To them Hitler was a European problem not theirs, besides the Allies did give Germany a bad break with reperations after WW1 and after all Germany was Democratic.

So people turned a blind eye to the reconquest in centeral Europe largely because they were being told that the French border was the strongest Military Line the world had ever known.

When the French fell the American people were shocked into reality but reluctant to enter the war themselves largely because big money was strongly invested in German industry and scientific technology.

The World Wars were a death mill for Capitol Imperialism"s want of colonization and userpation. The current American tyrade is just pest control in the demented minds of Bevis and Butthead!

Oh, I forgot to point out that I wasn't around during WW2 either!

Answer 4

It wasn't a liberal vs. conservative issue. The U.S. got involved in World War I, suffered many casualties, and let the European victors split up the prize. The punitive war reparations imposed upon Germany following WWI had a great deal to do with the rise of Hitler and WWII. Many Americans had the attitude that they did not want to get involved in another European war and Roosevelt came up with the lend/lease program in order to support our European allies with war materiel without officially taking sides or sending troops. Even after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor there was still strong public opposition to entering the European war. Roosevelt only asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan and not Germany. The following day, Germany saved Roosevelt the trouble by declaring war on the United States.

Answer 5

Or the similarities between USA now, and Germany in, say, 1932.

Answer 6

I wasn't around then, but I know from learning history.

Liberals suck.

Before WW II, they wanted peace with Hitler. Then they didn't know how the war started. They honestly thought Hitler was a good guy.

After the war, liberals completely forgot about how wrong they were. They blamed the conservatives for the war.

Seems to me that France was a bunch of liberals wanting nicey-nice peace with Hitler in the 1930's, then they couldn't figure out how Hitler beat them so easily, then they whined about Nazi occupation, then they whined about Allied liberation, then they were mad at everyone else after the war.

That's liberals. Whine, whine, whine, *****, moan.

Answer 7

can i just say i agree with KM. she pretty much hit this one on the nose. (regaurding the war in iraq) and the guy who blamed it on liberals needs to red his history book.