[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="matthayter700"] Well, of course we should respect those who gave their lives for the cause of freedom; but I never said we shouldn't, did I? Nor was my main complaint about the number Spicy-McHaggis claimed; my complaint was about him attributing the WW2 victory to the US, which is absurd, given the contributions of Britain and Russia.Luminouslight
Without US supplies, Russia would've been done for.Without US supplies, Britain would not have been able to effectively do anything in North Africa, which would've let Germany get oil, which would've given them a more powerful and more effective military machine.
Without US troops, Britain would've been unable to mount offensives on France or Italy.
Without the US fleet engaging Japan, Japan could easily have harassed Russia, which could very well have forced them to abdicate.
The US was undeniably just as vital as Russia and Britain to the war effort.
Downplaying the vital nature of US contributions to WWII is simply a fallacious product of political correctness-nothing more, nothing less.
It's rather ironic that we are debating this on the anniversary of D day. Indeed. May all of those men who died 65 years ago today rest in peace.
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