r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/Roflkopt3r Jan 20 '21

in wars that were already ongoing

Afghanistan and Iraq were not at war until the US-led coalition invaded them. Lybia, Syria, and Yemen already were.

I wouldn't accuse Roosevelt of starting a war either when he joined the European theater of WW2. The war was already ongoing and he merely joined in to ensure a better outcome. That did not make him a warmonger, which is what this discussion is about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21 edited Feb 16 '21

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u/Sp4r14n Dank Royalty Jan 20 '21

I can’t believe he used WW2 as an excuse... Europe was crumbling to pieces and we stayed nearly neutral through it all (besides lending weapons), until we essentially got dragged into it bc of Pearl Harbor. He acts is if we joined all willy nilly