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On the one hand, I really do give credit to the US for fighting in the war. No, seriously… they very likely turned the tide and if they hadn’t stepped up then history would probably read quite differently.
However. I do get tired of a couple of things. First is the constant flag waving “we won the whole war and the rest of the world owes us everything” attitude a lot (not all, just a vocal minority I imagine) of people from the states seem to have. Fact is, the US were a major force… yes… but they didn’t fight the whole thing themselves and people need to stop acting like they did. Second is this whole attitude of “we stepped in, completely selflessly, and saved you all when we really didn’t need to”. Seriously, I hear this pretty regularly. Fact is, the US wasn’t going to commit to the war despite the obvious danger of the Allies losing. I mean seriously, if the allies fell did the US think the Axis would just give eachother high-fives, settle down, and leave the US alone? Doubtful. The US had as much to lose as any country, right from the very start… but it waited until the last possible minute before it committed hoping that the Axis would get beat down without them having to intervene.
I’m willing to give credit to anyone who fights a good fight, but let’s face it: the US did what it had to do, just like everyone else. I don’t like it when they try to take credit for the entire war rather than just their part in it.
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