Re: Documentary about 9/11

Yah, I think of Korea Viet Nam and Iraq as 
imperialistically motivated wars.

No matter how you might see Pearl Harbor, I don't think most
of the people at that time or afterwards view WWII that way.

I don't know what to call it, but WWII wasn't an act of imperialism.


On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:01:37PM -0500, james singer wrote:
> Not necessarily. But probably Korea, Viet Nam, and Iraq.
> 
> On Mar 14, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > Do I conclude that we should have stayed out of WWII?
> >
> >
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> > On Mar 13, 2006, at 10:27 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
> >>
> >> I found this graphic on the Internet the other day (surprisingly, in a
> >> non-political place) and found it apropos with relation to the video:
> >>
> >>    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/hermanngoering9kd1nq.jpg
> >>
> >> It reads:
> >>
> >>    "Naturally, the common people don't war, but after all, it is the
> >>    leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a
> >>    simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a
> >>    fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
> >>    Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
> >> bidding of
> >>    the leaders.   This is easy.  All you have to do is tell them
> >> they are
> >>    being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
> >> patriotism and
> >>    exposing the country to danger.  It works the same in every
> >> country."
> >>
> >>                              -- Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-
> >> Marshall
> >>                                 At the Nuremberg Trials after WWII
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
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