That the US would have pulled out of WW2?
2006-11-20 07:30:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
they reported it as quickly as the limits of the media allowed minus the delay requested so that the news was not misused by the enemy. The media then realized the threat to the free world something they never seem to have remembered ever again.
Edit we entered the war Dec 7 1941 DDAy was June 6 1944 the war ended Aug 1945 we were well into it and well commited.
2006-11-20 07:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Before the Pearl Harbor attack, citizens of the US did NOT want to enter the war... after the attack, anything and everything to make it end was acceptable....
There was news of the casualties in the form of "News Reels" at movie theaters that did have a "slant" on them so the true information was difficult...
If the US did pull out of the war completely, not just the soldiers but also the war time aid sent over to the other allies, then I believe we would all be speaking German and Italian and Japanese-- maybe even Russian, see below...
The true turning point of the war was when Hitler "lost" the battle he called Citadel- the attack of the Kursk salient against Russia. This was the greatest "tank" battle ever and used up too many of Germany's resources to ever recover enough to ever be on the offensive again- The Germans were on the defense and retreating from Russia because of this and this was before D-Day.
2006-11-20 07:49:27 · answer #2 · answered by P!ss Ant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it was pretty well documented that the Japanese and Germany were into some serious aggressive expansionism.
Pearl Harbor was the excuse we needed to help our European and Asian neighbors.
I believe that Americans knew the cost, after all, there weren't any young men around. Women were in the factories and remaining families were donating forks and frying pans for recycling.
The media (primarily newsprint) may not have had the capability of relaying the exact numbers but Americans were aware that it was a do or die situation and the stakes were high.
2006-11-20 07:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by ggraves1724 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't. Most Americans supported that war fully. There were indeed some serious setbacks in that war with high casualties. The public support continued unabated. The people of this country understood the reasoning behind the war and were satisfied that an Axis nation had indeed attacked us.
The public cannot possibly understand the reasoning behind the current war because that reason has gone from "they had nuclear weapon capability and we were in danger", to "Saddam is a terrible despot and we need to bring democracy to Iraq", to the rather nebulous "if we don't fight them over there we'll have to fight them over here". The last one is the least easy to believe. Anyone can see that although there are now some terrorist fighting us over there the main insurgent groups are fighting for who will control their country. It would make absolutely no sense for them to try to come here to fight for control of Iraq.
This effort to change course in Iraq is much more than an effort mane by a public who doesn't understand the war. It is actually a public effort to influence a President who doesn't understand the war.
2006-11-20 07:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doubt it. You have to realize the US was indirectly involved in the war for quite a while before officially entering it. They were providing training, weapons, food and all sorts of other things unofficially (trading to other countries who then transfered to Europe etc).
The US was quite involved in the war early on because they knew the possible loss if the countries friendly to them lost. The risk would have been to large.
2006-11-20 07:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's really no comparison. WWII stands for World, repeat World War. Iraq is and will be for a long time an excersize in futility.
I'm not shrewd enough to know whether we should pull out or not. But as late as yesterday that distinguished statesman and pundit Henry Kissinger said we cannot 'win' in Iraq. I dunno'.
2006-11-20 07:41:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You post an interesting thought here. I don't think so. That generation knew their freedom had a cost. They also didn't act like wimps and were not afraid to do the right thing when it was called for. Even if it meant personal sacrifice.
2006-11-20 07:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by Rich B 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No
People had more Chutzpah back then
Go big Red Go
2006-11-20 07:57:23 · answer #8 · answered by 43 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
we hadnt even been in the ar for very long at that point and that was the turning point of the war, so I think not.
2006-11-20 07:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by abcdefghijk 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Had we had the current media during WWII, we would have surrendered several times over.
2006-11-20 07:36:26 · answer #10 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋