Re: OT: Canada Agrees to be Missile Target

John S. Dyson wrote:


Historically (and even today), Europe, for example, is noted
to be a source of incredibly incompetent and emotionally driven wars.
Was it prudent to 'save' Europe when they would likely be impossible to
save?

I wouldn't really call disliking being invaded by Nazis emotional. But in the USA's short history, they haven't done too badly for wars- excluding the two WWs, there's been Mexico, Red Indians several times over, some minor internal disagreement over whupping blacks, the Philippenes, Korea, Vietnam/ Cambodia/ Laos, Panama, Grenada, Cuba (porcine intervention), not to mention a few extra wars conducted by proxy. I don't think that's quite the full list.

Though it's true that direct intervention in Europe was often considered a last resort, especially when they weren't sure which side they agreed with most.

Paul Burke
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