Sarah Banick wrote:
> "Tchiowa" wrote in message
> news:1162430841.234807.135470@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Sarah Banick wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Don't you understand?
> >> > The Russians were protecting the Russians
> >> > The Americans were protecting Europeans.
> >> > We weren't in danger of a German attack.
> >>
> >> Nothing is ever that simple.
> >>
> >> We were in danger of losing our major trading partners. All wars are
> >> basically fought over economics.
> >
> > What??????????????
> >
> > We fought Japan because of economics? Attacking Pearl Harbor had
> > nothing to do with it? We fought Germany over trading partners?
> > Attacking our shipping and invading our allies had nothing to do with
> > it? Wars are primarily fought over religion and territorial conquest
> > and self defense when attacked.
> >
>
> Try to take it a little deeper than that.....we fight over religion because
> we're afraid those other people are a threat to our way of life, which in
> the western world includes our freedom to build a high standard of living,
Wrong. You started off well. We fight over religion because we believe
that God tells us to. Because we believe that we will have a better
afterlife or something like that. It has zero to do with economics.
> which is ultimately based on trade (capitalism). And self-defense and
> territorial conquest are clearly economic issues -- why else would a country
> care if it loses that nice chunk of land with whatever its resources are?
Power. That and religion are the driving factors.
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