“The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.” WorldWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiWorld War IShattering Author:Richard Holbrooke
“What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful death in North America, or Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II.” WorldWarStatesAmericaLostCausesUnitedUnited StatesExampleHumorousImportancePainfulWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IGrammarNorth AmericaLeading CausesPainful DeathBad Grammar Author:Dave Barry
“The threat of mutually assured destruction worked for the United States during the Cold War because it had proved its willingness to drop nuclear bombs on enemy cities at the end of World War II. It might work less well for Israel, because the Israeli Air Force has never deliberately targeted a large civilian population center, and its leaders have said its morality would not permit it do so.” WorldWellsSaidWarEndsStatesMightForceUnitedCitiesLeaderEnemyUnited StatesAirColdMoralityDestructionThreatPopulationIsraelNuclearWar Of The WorldsBombsWillingnessPermitWorld War IiWorld War ICold WarAssuredCiviliansIsraeliAir ForceNuclear BombMutually Assured Destruction Author:Alan Dershowitz
“If the world had attended me after World War II, it would have been united within seven years, and there would have been no suffering of the Unification Church and no damage to the democratic world.” IfsWorldYearsHas BeensWarSufferingChurchUnitedDemocraticSevenWar Of The WorldsDamageWorld War IiWorld War ISeven YearsUnificationUnification Church Author:Sun Myung Moon
“The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.” WorldWarLostUnitedCitiesAirBritishSurrenderKingdomsWar Of The WorldsGermanyWorld War IOffensiveUnited KingdomCoerce Author:John Mearsheimer
“As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War II, we spent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe or at least part of Europe after the devastation of World War II. We did it out of charity, but we also did it to keep the Russians from getting deeply into Europe.” WorldLooksWarStatesDoneUnitedUnited StatesPlansWonderfulEuropeDollarsCharityObviousBillionsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IWonderful ThingsDevastation Author:Michael Beschloss
“The thing about World War II is that everyone knows about the concentration camps in Europe - in Nazi Germany and Poland and Auschwitz and the other camps - but, no one really talks about the camps that were here in the United States.” KnowsWorldWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeWar Of The WorldsGermanyConcentrationCampsWorld War IiWorld War INaziPolandNazi GermanyAuschwitzConcentration Camp Author:Lea Salonga
“Having the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous.” WorldGivingMadeWarUnitedGreaterBuiltInstitutionsUnionsKingdomsWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IProsperousEuropean UnionCornerstonesUnited Kingdom Author:Barack Obama
“During World War II, Joseph Stalin was once asked by an American writer, according to Professor Dean Russell, how he could justify conscripting all the property of all the people for use by the government to fight the war. Stalin answered by asking why they considered it more immoral and illogical to conscript lifeless property than to conscript life itself, as was being done in the United States and all other capitalistic countries. His American challenger had no answer, because there was no answer.” PeopleWorldWarCountryStatesDoneUseGovernmentPoliticalFightingPoliticsAnswersUnitedUnited StatesAskingPropertyWar Of The WorldsJustifyProfessorsWorld War IiWorld War IImmoralDeanBeing DoneIllogicalLifelessAmerican WriterAsking Why Author:Ron Paul