U.S. Soliders Do Not (Always) Protect Our Freedom

[Mad Dog]

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)

Sorry i mis-read you. I've done that a couple of times lately. As far as the German people are concerned, I think that they had a number of issues going on, and naivety was about third or fourth on the top ten list, not to say to say it wasn't important. Not that it wasn't their own fault but their economy was so bad, ALOT of people were busy just trying to survive to really give much attention to what Hitler was doing. Second, anti-semitisum totally ran rampant outside the Jewish community and Hitler just tapped into that vibe and took it way past the next level. Third, once Hitler hit his stride, abject fear in the general population vs god-complex in the ruling minority kept the population in line. The rest is history.