History in a Full Circle
There is an old saying I heard from my grandfather many years ago concerning change. He would say, “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” His point was that as we continue down the path of life, things seem to go in circles. For instance we as a nation are horrible at history. (That is not fair to us since the Europeans are as guilty at this oversight as we are) As a result of our shortsightedness, we repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Many in the US did not see the threat Germany posed to the security of the entire world until it was almost too late. Today many Americans do not see terrorism as a threat to the world. Penraker has a great post comparing our reluctance to enter World War II with our reluctance to enter the GWOT.
Right up to December 7th, 1941, America First and Charles Lindbergh maintained a very popular campaign to keep us out of war.
They were very clear: We had no business meddling in Europe’s business. Let them all go to hell over there. We don’t need to be involved. Besides, Lindbergh reasoned, it was all because of the British and the Jewish influence in the country that we were even considering being involved at all. It sounds an awful lot like the arguments that we hear today.
Isn’t that the truth. Read the rest, it is a great comparison between our entry into these two wars.
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