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Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:28 AM Feb 2015

Suppose you're back in the WWII years and you just learn about German atrocities. [View all]

Which of the following would best encapsulate your thoughts?

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	"I'm glad we're helping to liberate Europe and freeing the Holocaust survivors!"
	10 (67%)
	"Germans killing Jews? Who are WE to judge? Look what we did to American Indians! Carry on, Hitler!"
	1 (7%)
	"Gee, thanks for VERSAILLES, Wilson! Look what you did!"
	0 (0%)
	Something else.
	4 (27%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Suppose you're back in the WWII years and you just learn about German atrocities. [View all] Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 OP

You posted this too late at night. joshcryer Feb 2015 #1

I would mostly be saddened by the horrible things people do to others... NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #2

i'd wonder who you've identified as the present day nazis in this exercise, and why. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #3

What does this have to do with the "present day"? joshcryer Feb 2015 #4

The OP is a quite transparent commentary on the "present day". redgreenandblue Feb 2015 #7

It's likely a response to false equivalency. joshcryer Feb 2015 #13

I'd normally choose the first option, obviously. redgreenandblue Feb 2015 #25

"Isis is just like Hitler, y'all!!" RandiFan1290 Feb 2015 #5

No one said they are. nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #22

Hire the war criminal nazis in operation paper clip? Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #6

ISIS is not Nazi Germany. redgreenandblue Feb 2015 #8

No one said they are. nt stevenleser Feb 2015 #23

Liberals should never accept evil but we should always be smart in how we respond to it. n/t pampango Feb 2015 #9

Nazi Germany Was a Threat Sparhawk60 Feb 2015 #10

In your opinion in what way, and when, did Nazi Germany become a threat to the US? HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #12

If Germany Sparhawk60 Feb 2015 #15

I was hoping for something that looked rather less post hoc. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #16

My Mistake Sparhawk60 Feb 2015 #31

I do think Nazi Germany pursued territory and in a aggressive manner HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #48

That's why US corporations supported Nazi's until Pearl Harbor... joshcryer Feb 2015 #14

incorrect Prescott Bush didn't stop until 1942 only when his bank was siezed Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #17

No, and we know that's not true. The Japanese are constitutionally prohibited from bothering ISIS. stevenleser Feb 2015 #26

What exactly did Japan leftynyc Feb 2015 #43

0 Recs, and this... MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #11

Other: "I'm glad we're helping the USSR to liberate Europe and that the USSR is KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #18

And Canada was in, losing so many young men polly7 Feb 2015 #20

I misplaced my time machine, all I know is ISIS is the greatest evil and threat in the history of dissentient Feb 2015 #19

If all folks were being honest, a fair group of folks would be choosing the second option. stevenleser Feb 2015 #21

Other JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #24

Build a time machine and go back and kill... Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #27

If we didn't go to war against Germany there would be no helping to liberate death camps TheKentuckian Feb 2015 #28

We did not enter the war to save people janlyn Feb 2015 #29

+1 ND-Dem Feb 2015 #30

The poll isn't intended to be historical. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #34

Sorry if my reply seemed harsh, janlyn Feb 2015 #36

And it was not the government that did not want to go in - it was the people who did not want to jwirr Feb 2015 #40

^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #41

Well in all fairness, you are dealing with people that do the same thing as Karl Rove Rex Feb 2015 #46

Back during the 40's many people in America thought it was OK ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #32

I don't know where you lived in the 40s but that was never the attitude in Iowa where I grew up jwirr Feb 2015 #39

I'm guessing that was AFTER leftynyc Feb 2015 #44

The enlistment were after Pearl Harbor. As to the attitude most probably did not feel that way but jwirr Feb 2015 #47

By the time we knew (and we knew as early as 1942) the USA was already at war with Germany. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2015 #33

Probably: "Hey, maybe we should stop turning away Jewish refugees from Europe?" Or perhaps: "Maybe Chathamization Feb 2015 #35

I was a child during the WWII years, RebelOne Feb 2015 #37

Born in 1941. Celebrated the victory with my returning military families. Did not of course jwirr Feb 2015 #38

Can we take the internet and 24/7 news back in time with us? JoePhilly Feb 2015 #42

Nothing better than Rex Feb 2015 #45