EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> Actually, given the draft, the "ones who went to war" were a
> cross section of the entire male population between eighteen
> and forty! They included both college professors and
> rednecks - along with every class in between. Unless there
> were more rednecks among the population than seems
> reasonable, they were only part of the whole, so no special
> virtue attaches to them.
A very high percentage of the population at that time, possible most,
would be considered "rednecks".
> You seem to be a chauvinist in your way also. You
> > should get an education before making so many wrong statements.
>
> Shall we compare college degrees?
>
> > And it was
> > the leaders of the US that kept us out of another European war for a while.
> > They believed that it was both bad for business and maybe there were some
> > Chamberlains among them. And it was Democrats in power at the time.
>
> Really? I thought Herbert Hoover was a Republican. FDR may
> have delayed until he knew the nation was behind him (unlike
> the Shrub), but he certainly was no Isolationist!
????
Hoover was President from 1929-1932. Roosevelt became President in
1933. Hitler invaded Poland starting the fighting that became WWII in
1939, 6 years later.
Maybe you should back off about the college degree claim.
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