(04-17-2016 11:36 AM)Ken Barna Wrote: Dear gobaseline,
During the early part of the nineteenth century, the British were impressing American sailors into their navy, with little action taken by the United States, other than protests to the British government.
During World War I the Germans sank the British liner Lusitania, with the loss of 124 American lives. Again, protests to the German government.
World War II saw the American destroyer Reuben James torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Again, protests to the German government.
These examples show that at the time of the above occurrences, the United States government did not feel it would be in our best interests to go after the aggressors. And there were a multiple number of reasons as to why not.
Context Ken. Your facts are correct.
However, your rationale as to why appears to not support your conclusion.
The links below point out that
War resulted both with Britain in the war of 1812 and the US being formally and directly involved in WWI.
Are you implying that the current state of affairs and (non) action is aimed to get the US into a deeper conflict like a full fledged war?
https://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/mic...08/08a.htm
- The first sentence .... Of all the causes for the War of 1812, the impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy was the most important for many Americans.
The US was in it's adolescence. England, having quit the Revolutionary war because it was too costly not because the Americans won the war was bullying the US trying to feed the need for sailors as they tried to monitor their Empire. The US was hardly in a position to do anything of note. As evidenced by the war of 1812 was fought on American soil (burning of the White House) and not on British soil.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania
- Nearly two years would pass before the United States formally entered World War I, but the sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the United States and abroad.
The US has economic interests that shaped their perspective to retaliate against Germany. Yesterday's "Apple". There was also an Isolationist mentality that prevailed. But as the article points out and as history bore out that non-action forced the US's hand to greater more destructive action later.
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Has the US become a Eunuch?
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