I'm not sure that Should is a logical question. It is interesting to ask why and to talk about how we talk about WWII. and it is even more interesting to talk about the change ( maybe even evolution ) of our isolationist policy to world policeman

Laughing Matilda is adorable. I can't wait until she grows up into Waltzing Matilda.

I'm not sure that Should is a logical question. It is interesting to ask why and to talk about how we talk about WWII. and it is even more interesting to talk about the change ( maybe even evolution ) of our isolationist policy to world policeman

There seems to be a pouplar notion that the US dragged its heels getting into the world wars.

Have you fed her lemons yet, Hec?

I don't think so, though Emmett liked lemons and limes when he was that age.

She does like hummus and feta. I'm not sure what a one year old's taste buds are like, but I suspect they're not really like a four or five year olds.

Without.

Well, I do think we should've taken some notion from WWI that German military aggression was a Bad Thing. Though I suppose the lesson we thought we learned from WWI is that Europe was filled with crazy, factional, post-Hapsburg, post-Napoleon feuds that we'd do well to avoid.

But Germany running over Poland and France and blitzing London should've looked like a supremely bad thing, I think. Though the will to go to war was not likely to be pinged by anything other than a direct attack. Which happened.

ita, do you need red velvet boots? For some reason, these made me think of you. [link]

(and of me too).

Laughing Matilda is adorable. I can't wait until she grows up into Waltzing Matilda.

Heh. You do know that a "matilda" is sort of like a backpack right? So to go waltzing with matilda means to hit the road with your bindlestiff.

A bad thing to be sure, but why would it be our immediate problem?

Are allies being attacked justification for entering a war? We were an ocean away, fairly safe, and didn't have much of a standing army.

A bad thing to be sure, but why would it be our immediate problem?

Because it hurt our trade partners and would weaken our position in the world.

Strategically, sitting out turned out to be brilliant approach as it lead to the American hegemony of the last 70 years.

Well, good for us. Sucky if you live in South or Central America or the Middle East. Africa was already fucked and the Brits got to Asia first.

But Germany running over Poland and France and blitzing London should've looked like a supremely bad thing, I think.

Plus the genocide thing.

red velvet boots

I want those. Don't know when I'd wear them, but I want them.

Are allies being attacked justification for entering a war?

To a certain degree, yes, I think. It depends on the circumstances, but the fact that they're allies implies a certain common interest, and having one another's back when needed. I don't necessarily think it's wrong that we waited until we were attacked ourselves to enter WWII, but I also think (from my non-pacifist's perspective) that it would've been morally justifiable to enter the war earlier based on our alliance with Britain.