
Originally Posted by
Morning Glory
you should read "A people's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. It's based on accounts of the times written by everyday normal people like me and you. instead of the typical people that write the history books- far from being one-sided they generally haven't even experienced it.
the fact is that almost every single war the US ever fought in (including the revolutionary war) was opposed by a large portion if not the majority of american citizens and it was just the work of a group or individuals that persisted in getting us to fight for thier own selfish reasons.
Just for one example, there were many (american) companies that were selling guns to England during WWI and they didn't want them to lose because then they wouldn't get paid, so they were pressuring the government to fight in the war and for a long time before we got involved even the president was talking about how he wanted to go to war, but the majority of citizens didn't want to because they felt that it had nothing to do with us and there was no reason for us to fight and die over europe's power struggles with itself. Most people think that the US didn't want to have anything to do with it until the Lusitania was sunk, but really the government wanted it all along and that was just the catalyst that enabled them to get people to support it.
Another example is during WWII, one particular american company, and this is one of the sickest stories I've ever heard, was a steel manufacturer that had factories and shipments in Germany, and they didn't want us to fight in the war because the allies dropping bombs on the nazis would disrupt thier business. and after we did go to war they refused to supply steel for the US military, and then afterwards they succesffuly sued the US government for thier damages and it came out of the tax payer expense.
It's not that I am against even war, it's just like I said, where it's not a matter of defense, and if it is, then we are the one's that should be defended against, because it's just greedy people instigating it at thier own profit, and our soldiers are dying and bleeding for what they feel is this glorios defense of freedom and it's for nothing.
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