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1. And how was he supposed to that? The country was strongly pacifist and Isolationist, FDR simply could declare war without good reason, on the otherhand that didnt seem to stop Bush...
2. Would you have preferred that some Japanese Militarist or Communist took over instead? Remember it was Hirohito that against the advice of his generals surrendered. The estimated cost of Americans KIA was estimated as high as at 1 Million.
3. Then the Soviets would have lost, and instead 60000 green troops waiting for us at D_DAY there would have been 3 Million fully equipped Crack German veterans. Sometimes the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
4. Largely considered to be the greatest President in American history, even most Republicans would agree to that...
5. Again, in that case places like D-DAY and the Normandy campaign would have been very costly for the allies, as most of the recon and sabatoge of rail and German communications was done by DeGaulles People...
6. For you that hates commies, you ought to know this one. Had the emporer left the commies most would have certainly taken control of Japan, and with it most of Asia.
My worst American mistake opinion?, Ill vote for Tarawa. Poorly planned and executed attack based on completely false information. On top of it the Island was worthless and should have been leap frogged over it |