Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Plenty of complaints while they were sitting on the sideline for three years waiting to see which side would win, while the UK, Russia, and resistances all over Europe did the dangerous work.
D-Day? Yes, lots of thanks to the British, Aussies, Poles, Canadians and all the others. And to the USSR for making it posdible. Why should that make the USA, ...[text shortened]... be loved forever more and forgiven anything and everything. Reality is just slightly different.
Nice try.
You have a very poor knowledge of history or are deliberately distorting the facts. In either case, your ignorance or insensitivity is duly noted.
After the Great War, you know...the one which was a "war to end all wars"... the USA became very isolationist.
President Wilson tried to hype the idea for a "League of Nations"...but was confounded by his opposition and a war-weary American public. Many Americans were apathetic. Europe was 3000 miles away, after all and had consumed too much of our blood and treasure.
Wilson was unsuccessful as he tried to help negotiate a more forgiving Treaty at Versailles. The European victors wanted their pound of flesh from Germany, all future generations be damned!
By the time Hitler came on scene...our prevailing view was..."ya'll made your own goddamned beds...now lay in them!"
There's no point in regurgitating the whole story here, but I'll just state: Our European friends were big boys and girls...and should have been able to manage their own affairs...but:
- Ignoring the plight of the duly elected government in Spain? Not good.
- Allowing Mussolini's expeditions into N.E. Africa? Poor effort.
- Chamberlain's appeasement at Munich? Very poor effort.
- A Soviet-German Non Aggression Pact? Bad.
- Relying upon the Maginot Line without a Belgian equivalent? Very very bad.
Etc. etc. etc...
Bottom line: We came aboard reluctantly...but once aboard...we were committed until victory!
And General Marshall says "You're Welcome" too.