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Thom Stewart wrote:
I can't
ever remember Germany or Italy ever attacking American Territory.


Bloody Horvath wrote:
They attacked our allies, and their allies attacked our territory.


A U-boat torpedoed a U.S. Navy warship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_A...n_World_War_II

President Roosevelt would have led the U.S. into the war sooner,
probably with a quicker & better outcome, but he was strongly opposed
by Republicans.... some of whom opposed him out of isolationist
principles, some out of snotty partisanship, and others because they
were profitably trading with the Axis...

DSK