Wilson was the problem in WWI. McCormack, isolationists issue in WWII.
Woodrow Wilson campaigned for President of the US on keeping us out of WWI.
He was elected by a very slim majority.
Then, the U.S. people got pissed at the sinking of the Luisitania. It left the realm of his anti-war stand making the difference. The people decided we would fight.
Then, we got into the war, when Congress voted for war. Wilson NEVER wanted to get into WWI. He appointed BlackJack Pershing who pissed off all British officers by refusing to augment European forces. Pershing stated No American will ever be commanded by foreigners... Even today within NATO US Forces are not subjected to foreign command.
McCormack was a publisher of the Chicago Tribune who ran anti-FDR editorials every day. At every single decision that he disagreed with, and there were many, he called for the impeachment of FDR.
McCormack, and many U.S. citizens really did want to keep the U.S. Isolated from the war and to milk it for money as did many capitalists in Britain and Germany, and France. Making money from someone else's (Britain's) stupidity is not my fault. If you didn't want to learn to read and write German, you needed our aid.
If your mother was a slut that was her shortcoming, not yours or your father's.
Next, As a country, we have always waited until after we have been sucker punched to start really fighting. In fact it takes several punches to wake us up. The Cole wasn't enough. The first WTC bombing wasn't enough. Taking down the towers pissed the USA off.
Some of our politicians and many A-- holes don't wnt to fight. I believe them when they say they will kill us in our homes. So now we are returning the favor to people who want to kill us. Kill them there or kill them here.
Our (dis) loyal opposition to our combat in the Mid-East is mostly political. Many people just think it is wrong to kill. I believe it is wrong to murder, but there is a time to kill. Not to protect your home and family is a bigger sin than killing the ones who are intending to kill your family.
Americans would rather be left alone. When the fight actually hits us, we have the right, the duty, and the desire to hit back.
