>>If the US hadn't been so determinedly isolationist, my maternal grandfather might have lived a lot longer instead of being murdered at Auschwitz. We should be embarrassed about how long it took us to get into World War II.
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>>Tamar
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>Millions died in Europe durring WW2. But You cannot blame US for not
>jumping the gun right away. They went into the war after being attacked. Nothing to be ashamed of. More likely proud for what they have done back then.
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No question that what the US did once we got in was good. But waiting until we were attacked wasn't one of our proudest moments.

>Nowadays however, they do it without giving it second tought. Doubt to menu people will be proud of that 15 years from now.

If we did it universally, helping oppressed people everywhere, it would be one thing. Somehow, though, we only seem to jump in where certain interests are at stake. While we helped create a civil war in Iraq, hundreds of thousands were dying in Darfur.

Tamar