Re: Withdraw from Iraq - then what?
Charming misuse of history, as usual, Pat. Glad to see you've kept
your National Review subscription paid up. But, in response to Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt declared war
on Japan. Then Hitler, followed closely by Mussolini, declared war
on the US. Roosevelt then declared war on
Germany and Italy in response.In fairness to your misreading, it's true that Roosevelt clearly had
goaded the Japanese into attacking, and that he'd been quite
anxious to shake off the shackles of the isolationists in regards to
joining the European conflict, but...Roosevelt did not declare war on Mexico, or China, or Russia. (Or
Lithuania or Belgium or Mauretania, or any other uninvolved
parties.)
He first declared war on Japan, in response to their attack on our
naval base Then following Germany and Italy's declaration of war,
upon them. (edited to remove excess snarkiness)
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Charming misuse of history, as usual, Pat. Glad to see you've kept
your National Review subscription paid up. But, in response to Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt declared war
on Japan. Then Hitler, followed closely by Mussolini, declared war
on the US. Roosevelt then declared war on
Germany and Italy in response.In fairness to your misreading, it's true that Roosevelt clearly had
goaded the Japanese into attacking, and that he'd been quite
anxious to shake off the shackles of the isolationists in regards to
joining the European conflict, but...Roosevelt did not declare war on Mexico, or China, or Russia. (Or
Lithuania or Belgium or Mauretania, or any other uninvolved
parties.)
He first declared war on Japan, in response to their attack on our
naval base Then following Germany and Italy's declaration of war,
upon them. (edited to remove excess snarkiness)
