A very good read.

[kandrathe]

QUOTE(Alram @ Jul 14 2006, 03:29 PM) *
President Roosevelt knew in advance of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, and used the attacks as an excuse to enter World War II.

Was the holocaust not enough reason?

All during WWII there were rumors in the US of atrocities by the Japs and the Huns. Lots of rallying nationalism as well. But. take for example, the current situation in Iraq; US troops are accused frequently of very heinous atrocities, and only after investigation are some discovered to be true. I wish none of them were true, because beyond the inhumanity, it makes the entire effort harder (and eventually impossible) to win. These war crimes incidents were committed pretty frequently by both sides armies in WWII, but it is especially dangerous once it becomes a State sanctioned behavior. I think the general attitude of Americans prior to declaring War on Germany was "It can't be true what they are saying, they just want to get us into the war."

It's pretty tough to train men to be cold blooded killing machines, but also refrain from barbarity and revenge.