08-07-2008, 04:19 PM
Mad Dog Wrote:jus' P Wrote:It was easier to fool a nation back then. A whole lot less media. Look at what the Nazi's did to the German people. They didn't know they were losing the war untill the Allies marched on Berlin!
You technically right saying it was easier to "fool a nation" back then, but in reality I don't think Franklin D. Roosevelt(d) was trying to fool anybody. As soon as Japan bombed Pearl Harbor everybody knew the drill. It may have taken a couple of months to actually declare war on Germany, but since Germany and Japan were Allies, it was only a matter of time before we were at war with Germany, and everyone except the staunchest pacifist knew it. I say that is pretty comparable with Afghanistan and Iraq.
That's not what I said. People were less informed about current events then, than they are now. The German people were told what to think and read. The Gov controled all media. It wasn't like that here(USA)