Good points SC with a lot of historical data to back them up. Hell, you short changed America's advantage taking of Europe in regards to years. The Cold War was basiclly America setting up nations to create economic gain for themselves up until 1989, the fall of the wall. Western Europe were American " colonies" in many regards as was eastern Europe for the Soviets.
In all fairness to the U.S. sitting out the first several years of both World Wars though, America wasn't attacked. The U.S. had a FIRM policy of neutralization in place before both wars started, so America was just following policy, something they should do more often.Now, that doesn't mean the U.S. was innocent in this. The U.S. believed that any nation that won the war would be a good economic partner for them. A little immoral by the U.S., especially in WWII, but that is what the U.S. believed at the time. Seems like the great moral country that the U.S. is suppossed to be, would not tolerate some of the most inhuman and heinous acts ever recorded by mankind for economic gain, but that is what the U.S's angle was in the beginning of both wars.
I think I'll send this joke to Jay Leno and see if he gives it air time... " United States...England before France saved our asses" Doubt it makes the cut though.
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