Historic, if true and holds. 60s live?. History is a boomerang.

[Ian Livingston]

Yeah, I heard there were more conscientious objectors to WWII than all
other American wars combined.


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Our Civil War was so bad we never wanted to go to war again - ever - with
> anyone.   We lost more men in that war ( 625,000 both sides) than in all
> the wars from the Revolution to Korea (or possibly later.)
>
> We stayed out of WWI until Russia removed herself (fought for 18 months
> out of 4 years).  We stayed out of WWII until we were bombed (fought for 4
> years out of 6) .  And when we finally got around to going to war what we
> really did in both cases was mopped up - Russia had done a lot of the hard
> stuff.    The French, Russian, English and German casualties (both wars)
>  put our losses to shame.   Until WWI it was thought that war was a serious
> detriment to trade - the Civil War had stopped US expansion.   - therefore
> bad for business.  We were always pro-business.   Then what with the
> industrialization of war (rather than raw # of troops being the deciding
> factor)  it was discovered that a few businesses / industries made money in
> times of war.   We embraced the business of war when it became profitable
> for the industrialists.
>
> Bek
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2013, at 9:36 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > we embrace it because we havent experienced it. never invaded, under
> occupation, under siege, etc.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>      Al Jazeera America (@ajam)
> >> 9/10/13, 5:31 PM
> >> Commentary: Americans usually embrace war. Their rejection of President
> Obama's Syria plan is historic alj.am/17UwvC2
> >>
> >> Download the official Twitter app here
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >
>
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