Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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True, the bombing on Pearl Harbor was the final straw to have FDR declare war on Japan.
However, why didn't the USA declare war on Germany on November 1, 1941, after a German U-Boat sank the Rueben James off the coast of Iceland on October 31. Any WWII experts got an answer? I am sure there is one. |
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Wikipedia:
"The course of relations between Germany and the United States had deteriorated since the beginning of World War II, inevitably so given the increasing cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom. The Destroyers for Bases Agreement, Lend-Lease, the Atlantic Charter, the hand-over of military control of Iceland from the United Kingdom to the United States, the extension of the Pan-American Security Zone, and many other results of the special relationship which had developed between the two countries had put a strain on relations between the US, still technically a neutral country, and Nazi Germany. US destroyers escorting American supply vessels bound for the UK were already engaged in a de facto war with German U-Boats.[1] Roosevelt's desire to help the UK, despite the objections of the influential US isolationist lobby, and legal impediments imposed by Congress which prevented direct involvement in the war, brought the US to push hard against the traditional boundaries of neutrality." Also - Germany declared war on the US a few hours before the US declared war on Germany. .
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Get used to it. Todays America is the most unpatriotic it has ever been.
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I kinda recall that the many of the people in late 60's weren't too happy with the government.
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Half-staff alterative
For anyone who cannot fly his or her flag at half-staff for any reason, there is an alternative. Mount a Black Mourning Ribbon from the top of the flagpole.
This ribbon is normally 2.75 inches wide and about 10 feet long. Half way from the ends are two grommets for attaching it to a pole. |
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