Utopia Talk / Politics / Almost every American who fought in WWII

Dukhat Member	Mon May 28 21:53:28 ... is now dead. http://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/wwii-veteran-statistics About 500k today. Less than 300k by 2020. Under 100k by 2025. Let that sink in as a big part of the explanation why private Bone-Spurs is our president right now. The greatest generation replaced by mouthbreathers like Hot Rod who may very well have 20 years left in front of being a retard in front of him.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon May 28 23:11:44 If I have 20 years, I'll still be here. Will you?
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Tue May 29 02:38:07 I blame you and people like you dickhat. Call people mouthbreathers for a couple of decades and dehumanize your fellow citizens, sooner rather than later they will embody all your mouthbreathing dreams, in ways, it is safe to say, that was unimaginable to you. Which is when I saw the light and started loving Trump, the massive collective triggerering, it was as if the entire Liberal establishment in the US got slapped in the face, the sting from it will linger for a decade.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue May 29 07:08:36 Here is another slap in the face. http://sco...ec6e05823b3c2810c7&oe=5B806A15
yankeessuck123 Member	Tue May 29 07:17:43 Ah WW2, arguably the last time the US military was actively fighting to defend America.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue May 29 07:35:14 You may be right. I can't think of another war offhand.
yankeessuck123 Member	Tue May 29 07:37:09 I don't think you meant to agree with me.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue May 29 07:50:07 No, I meant to agree with you. WWII is the last time our nation was in danger of being attacked. If Hitler had killed Britain he would have stood a better chance against the USSR. We have had a few wars where we were allegedly protecting our interests, But Hitler was the only one that could have posed a serious threat to us.
murder Member	Wed May 30 12:18:10 "Ah WW2, arguably the last time the US military was actively fighting to defend America." No, that would be the Civil War. Every other "war" has been a war of choice.
murder Member	Wed May 30 12:19:08 btw 550,000 is a hell of a lot of people.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed May 30 15:21:23 murder - No, that would be the Civil War. Every other "war" has been a war of choice. Hitler declared war on us. It would have been somewhat rude of us not to respond as we did. I forgot about this the other day but Japan sent incendiary balloons against us that caused some forest fires in the North Central United States and they actually invaded an island or two up in the Aleutians. I don't know too much about it but I understand there was a nasty battle or two up there.
murder Member	Wed May 30 22:08:24 "Hitler declared war on us." After FDR weaseled our way into the war.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed May 30 22:12:04 FDR wanted war but I don't believe there was proof positive that he arranged it.
murder Member	Wed May 30 22:42:33 We took sides and kept meddling to invite an attack. Eventually we got it.
hood Member	Thu May 31 01:22:24 We sold weapons to the allies, but we didn't weasel into anything. We pretty clearly got attacked by Japan and then formal war was declared.
jergul large member	Thu May 31 06:36:13 Hood A total oil embargo on Japan is an act of war.
jergul large member	Thu May 31 06:36:52 (its navy had less than 4 months reserve fuel left when Japan attacked).
delude Member	Thu May 31 06:42:43 "oil embargo on Japan is an act of war. " No, no it is not.
Rugian Member	Thu May 31 07:18:48 "sold" That's a pretty odd way of saying "gave free of charge," Hood.
Rugian Member	Thu May 31 08:07:51 Look, I think we can all agree (Well, maybe not in Paramount's case) that the world is a better place without Nazis and kamikaze bombers controlling half of it, and given the political ideologies and global ambitions of the Axis states, it's entirely reasonable to argue that American intervention in the war was a case of preemptive self defense - we could fight them now with allies, or in 1951 without any. It was a just war. But we did definitely weasel our way into it.
hood Member	Thu May 31 08:11:56 "That's a pretty odd way of saying "gave free of charge," Hood." It wasn't given away for free* until pretty close to the point where we got actually involved. For most of the war, we were indeed receiving payment. Sold on credit lines isn't the same thing as free, but I will give you that it didn't require anything upfront at all.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 08:47:22 jergul - Hood A total oil embargo on Japan is an act of war. Japans war with China was illegal. I agree it was none of our business but Japan had no legitimate claim to Mongolia.
jergul large member	Thu May 31 08:58:02 Delude It is.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 09:01:10 Then by that standard jergul any sanctions imposed are acts of war. Quit being daft. If you want to view perspectives you have a stronger case. If you want to view events leading to the unprovoked attack upon the US. That's another thing. Hot rod. It was very much our business as many countries including us had interests.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 09:30:27 A weak country cannot impose sanctions against a stronger country without suffering the consequences, but yes, sanctions are an act of war. I have never seen any evidence that we had interests in Mongolia at that time. If you have some evidence to the contrary I would like to see it.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 09:32:16 .....with everything you just said disqualifies you.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 09:34:27 In other words, you are pissing into the wind. Be careful you don't drown.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 09:47:29 Negative. More astonished. Not really. But your limited knowledge on history. Especially in thi regards since you like to pride yourself on such topics.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 09:56:19 Blah phone. With your limited knowledge on history, especially in this regards, since you like to pride yourself on such topics. And if you did any "Asian studies" you would understand the interests the US had in the region. Especially since Phillipines were involved. Also LOL@mongolia, which prompted my initial response that you're disqualified to even discuss this topic.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 10:53:50 It looks like you are the one devoid of historical knowledge of the subject.
Rugian Member	Thu May 31 11:09:31 Hot Rod, Wrong M- country (think of the name of a certain 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey) and wrong time (said M- country was no longer a conflict zone by 1941; the oil embargo was in response to Japanese military operations in the direction of SE Asia). Although of course, the ultimate US attitude toward Japan was based on its cumulative aggressive acts in Asia, including the occupation of M- country and China proper.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 11:31:09 Rugian, I believe you are right. It has been at least 50 years since I saw that movie. And it was about 40 years since I covered that period of Japanese history. I hope everyone on this forum has better luck with their memory when they reach 79.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 11:33:56 I'm sure its memory loss. Or a simple fucking search online you could proactively so. Or the sheer fact that some of us have fucking history degrees.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 11:34:09 *do
Memory Lane Member	Thu May 31 11:36:28 "I am not going to research every OP, to learn every esoteric detail about the subject, before posting." -Hot Rod I drink as remember things.
Delude Member	Thu May 31 11:38:55 I keep forgetting that ML. Thank you for reminding us how much of a fuckhead HR is.
Memory Lane Member	Thu May 31 11:40:37 I drink and remember things.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 11:47:25 I basically do not have a google. I had a problem a while back and I went to an online company for help. Since then if I Google something it gives me a list of options. When I pick the option I want it gives me another list of options, and so on and so on. So Google is pretty much useless for me now. If I fool around with Yahoo for a while I can get what I need sometimes but not always.
Cold Rod Member	Thu May 31 14:57:21 Hot rod is really fucking dumb. "Muh memory not da bat that's why I say dumb things" Hey pedo rod, you know you have been universally mocked for over a decade for your stupid and idiotic comments, claims, and lack I knowledge on virtually every topic discussed right? Should invoked memory lane to take us all back. I have beer for him
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 15:49:58 I consider the sources so it does not bother me like it used to.
Cold Rod Member	Thu May 31 15:54:57 Consider all you want. You've been shown wrong on most all accounts of your dubious claims.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 18:24:23 And when I'm right you people just walk away.
Cold Rod Member	Thu May 31 19:09:33 You're pretty delusional aren't ya? I don't think anyone has walked away going "oh, hot rod got me, he was right." And if there isn't a response to you, its because people can only deal with stupid and incorrigibility for so long. Take this thread for instance and your complete and utter stupidity on this particular subject. What have you been right, other than WWII existed? lol You accused Delude of being wrong and "devoid" of the subject, but you didn't point out what he was wrong about. Versus him telling you what you are wrong about. You're dumb. Very dumb, and have been dumb for most of your life. The only time you weren't dumb was when you were still in the womb. But I imagine your whore mom figured you will go through life being dumb.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 19:49:57 You run and hide under the porch more than all of the rest put tother.
Cold Rod Member	Thu May 31 19:51:29 What topic or subject that has been discussed that I have been in error and "ran away" Hot Rod, I think we are all curious to know these references you are accusing me as well as others. Go ahead...
Memory Lane Member	Thu May 31 20:00:57 I remember hot rod's history lesson... http://www...hread?id=politics&thread=58901 I drink and remember things.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 20:41:15 I don't keep a log. Ask ml to tell you when he sobers up. He never gets it right when he is drinking.
Cold Rod Member	Thu May 31 20:51:21 So in other words "you're pissing in the wind." derp
Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu May 31 21:23:29 LOL, you are so desperate you are copying my insults now. You forgot the rest of it though.
Cold Rod Member	Fri Jun 01 05:15:39 There is no need for the rest of it Hot Rod, the point and sentiment remains the same. Are you so desperate for that recognition. The fact remains is that you are unable to articulate and support your claim. Which is another example of your failure. Good job.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Fri Jun 01 06:44:16 I don't have to support my claim. As long as I know it is true, then that is all of the validation that I need.
Cold Rod Member	Fri Jun 01 09:03:01 You're also established as a delusional, hypocritical, lying piece of shit. So, thanks for validating that you're like your idol trump that ignores facts a believe in their own lies.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Fri Jun 01 09:33:24 cr - You're also established as a delusional, hypocritical, lying piece of shit. Thank you, that puts me head and shoulders above your sorry overworked ass.
Cold Rod Member	Fri Jun 01 09:42:36 You're welcome. I can only imagine you concocted "overworked" base upon projection that your whole life has been that, only to end up using your social security and Medicare to live your late stage in life if paycheck to paycheck. Maybe you should have planned retirement better. Lol
murder Member	Fri Jun 01 14:58:30 "If you want to view events leading to the unprovoked attack upon the US. That's another thing." delude: It was not an unprovoked attack. It was a provoked attack. The US involved itself in the war. We may not have been shooting yet, but we were involved.
murder Member	Fri Jun 01 15:01:15 "it's entirely reasonable to argue that American intervention in the war was a case of preemptive self defense - we could fight them now with allies, or in 1951 without any. It was a just war. " Rugian: Germany was no threat to the US. No one aside from Canada or Mexico could ever hope to be due to geography and our size and wealth. We could have stayed the fuck out of it. We could have armed and supplied both sides. It wasn't our problem. FDR and his advisors made it our problem.
Delude Member	Fri Jun 01 15:14:26 Germany was a threat to the us and there is plenty of documentation and intelligence in regards to nazi Germany and their conquest. And it was unprovoked. Unless you want to once again take jergul standard of act of war are sanctioned based.
Delude Member	Fri Jun 01 15:38:21 *wasn't unprovoked.
Delude Member	Fri Jun 01 15:40:34 Fuckity fuck. Was correct before. Brain quitting. Can start vacation now.
murder Member	Fri Jun 01 16:01:57 "Germany was a threat to the us and there is plenty of documentation and intelligence in regards to nazi Germany and their conquest." How the fuck was tiny Germany a threat to a far larger and wealthier nation > 3000 miles away? "And it was unprovoked. Unless you want to once again take jergul standard of act of war are sanctioned based." We weren't just not selling them oil. We were withholding oil sales to stop their military advance. We chose a side and got involved ... and got punched in the face as a result. We weren't just minding our business. The Japanese didn't decide to attack us for giggles.
delude Member	Fri Jun 01 17:45:53 "How the fuck was tiny Germany a threat to a far larger and wealthier nation > 3000 miles away? " You're disqualified.
Y2A Member	Fri Jun 01 20:56:25 550k Antifa
murder Member	Sat Jun 02 21:37:31 "You're disqualified." You guys do realize that we have huge oceans around us, right?
Cold Rod Member	Sat Jun 02 23:34:34 Wow....you're kinda dumb. I guess that's why Japan was able to attack us....
Hot Rod Revved Up	Sun Jun 03 03:25:31 deluded - Was correct before. Brain quitting. Can start vacation now. Consider what you have to work with. murder - How the fuck was tiny Germany a threat to a far larger and wealthier nation > 3000 miles away? It is more like 2000 miles from here to France. Plus they were light years ahead of us in rockets and nuclear weapons. What saved us there was our attack on Norway's hard water plants and Hitler had too many other irons in the fire such as jet planes and tiger tanks. murder - You guys do realize that we have huge oceans around us, right? That accounts for two sides. The other two sides are Canada and Mexico.
Cold Rod Member	Sun Jun 03 06:36:47 "Consider what you have to work with. " Hot Rod, remember about that convo reminding about you about throwing rocks. I mean...come on, look at this thread for that very example.
obaminated Member	Sun Jun 03 13:47:01 Murder is doing his edgelord thing, dont read too deep into it. He is correct that we had been arming the enemies of the nazis and had cut off japan. But he is completely ignoring that both japan and germany were purposely expanding their empires and posed a growing threat to the united states. He is ignoring it, because he is stupid and once again, trying out his edgelord shtick
Hot Rod Revved Up	Sun Jun 03 15:59:38 cr, as you well know insults do not have to be true. But it just so happens, mine are. In most cases, such as this one.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 13:02:56 "Wow....you're kinda dumb. I guess that's why Japan was able to attack us.... " Cold Rod: You were afraid that German aircraft carriers were going to attack a far flung US territory?
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 13:12:20 Wow, you're really dumb.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 13:16:08 Hot Rod: Were s advanced that they got curb stomped. Besides, even if they Germans were so advanced, they still couldn't get those weapons over here, let alone get them here in numbers great enough to matter ... let alone get an army over here ... let alone an army large enough to not get torn to shreds. Besides, wtf would Germany bother with us? They would have had their hands full trying to control all their newly conquered territory. Germany as a threat to the US was always a work of fiction.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 13:17:22 "That accounts for two sides. The other two sides are Canada and Mexico." Yeah, and neither is invading the US except with cheap labor.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 13:21:07 "Murder is doing his edgelord thing, dont read too deep into it. He is correct that we had been arming the enemies of the nazis and had cut off japan. But he is completely ignoring that both japan and germany were purposely expanding their empires and posed a growing threat to the united states. He is ignoring it, because he is stupid and once again, trying out his edgelord shtick" That would explain our invasion of the expansionist Soviet Union. It didn't matter if Germany and Japan exanded their empires. They would still be nowhere near us, and no threat to our security.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 15:19:18 Yet we were attacked. Lol You're hot rod.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 15:34:11 We provoked an attack. A feable attack. You'll note that they were unable to sustain the effort.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 15:35:27 Lol okay hot rod.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 15:42:47 Learn to admit when you're wrong. Or at least let it go.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 15:51:01 What exactly that am I wrong about. You have about 3 to 4 other posters that counter you are incorrect with your revisions. 1. You claim that Germany was not a threat due to "mileage." Fundamentally wrong because they had the capability to do so. And were a threat to us in more ways than one that would interfere with out interests and security. 2. Due to the extension of "mileage" as to why Germany was not threat as well as Japan. Japan attacked us. At which shows they were capable and were a threat and they were considerably less powerful yet were able to attack us and cripple our Pacific fleet minus our carriers. Which contradicts that they were not a threat. 3. Lastly you're hot rod. Good job for making it to that rank.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 15:56:40 "Fundamentally wrong because they had the capability to do so." What capability? "our interests" Someone's interests, but not ours.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:05:42 "2. Due to the extension of "mileage" as to why Germany was not threat as well as Japan. Japan attacked us. At which shows they were capable and were a threat and they were considerably less powerful yet were able to attack us and cripple our Pacific fleet minus our carriers. Which contradicts that they were not a threat." No it doesn't. They attacked a US territory 2000+ miles from the nearest state, and they were unable to sustain the attack. That's as stupid as saying that bin Laden was a threat to the US.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 16:08:10 Look hot rod, I know you want to be pedantic and continue your altered revisionism. But I'm not going to repeat what has been already said. Especially since you contradicted yourself multiple times already.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:15:15 Apparently you don't understand the problem of initiating and sustaining a war effort over vast distances or even moderate distances. Neither Japan nor Germany nor both had the ability to threaten the US. Hawaii and Alaska (neither of which was a state) were both way out there and exposed ... and Japan didn't come close to capturing either. They couldn't take them, and they sure as hell would have had no hope of holding them. They didn't have that type of capability. And the fucking Germans couldn't even invade the UK. You think they had a chance of doing it across an ocean? Get serious!
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:19:56 There's ~ 30 miles between England and France, and the Germans couldn't cross the channel ... but they were going to threaten the US? The Germans did what they where capable of. They sent out subs and sunk ships. That's what they were capable of. And they didn't sink US ships for giggles. Again, we provoked those attacks.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 16:20:47 Lol at hot rod
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 16:22:23 Gee. Who to believe historical scholars or hot rod, jr.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:24:32 I'd go with Hot Rod Jr because he's not full of shit, has no bullshit agenda, and most of all because he's 100% right.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:25:47 Sorry to inform you but you were lied to growing up. Pretty much everything they told you about US history is a lie.
Cold Rod Member	Mon Jun 04 16:29:16 Lol sure hot rod, jr. You live in that bubble of revisionism and remain being a walking contradiction.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 16:30:07 Just out of curiosity, do you think we fought in WWI to preserve our security?
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Jun 04 18:11:45 Had Goring kept up the air war for another month or two Britain would have beaten down enough for a successful air invasion. Had they beaten Britain they would have been able to perfect the bomb and their rockets and that would have been the end of us.
Dukhat Member	Mon Jun 04 18:27:32 WWII was FDR's devious scheme to replace the fragmented world order (with a decaying british empire, a technologically modern but political backwards mainland Europe, and a bunch of autocratic rapidly-expanding empires) with an American world order based on free trade. It worked well enough for 70 years until the Republicans got taken over by retards again.
murder Member	Mon Jun 04 18:57:29 "Had Goring kept up the air war for another month or two Britain would have beaten down enough for a successful air invasion." An air invasion? lol! :o)
Hot Rod Revved Up	Mon Jun 04 19:06:22 No. A cross-channel invasion. Germany could have done it, but they needed air superiority.
obaminated Member	Tue Jun 05 01:39:16 Murder, you are a fucking moron. Maybe we didn't invade the USSR because they had nukes? Seriously, stop with the edgelord shit, presumably you are 30, it is embarrassing.
murder Member	Tue Jun 05 11:44:47 "because they had nukes?" ------------------------------------------------------------ On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union secretly conducted its first successful weapon test (First Lightning), based on the U.S. design at the Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan. ------------------------------------------------------------ So no, that's not it.
murder Member	Tue Jun 05 11:45:38 "presumably you are 30" A bit older than that. :o)
Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue Jun 05 13:48:49 google Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
obaminated Member	Tue Jun 05 19:59:22 "So no, that's not it." Um... yes it is, unless you are somehow arguing we should have invaded the ussr immediately after V day.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue Jun 05 21:41:16 I'm just pointing out where the Russians got their nuclear weapons.
jergul large member	Wed Jun 06 04:31:41 The same way the US got its nuclear weapons then. From foreigners.
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