Who Started World War II?

Captain Jeff · 01-25-16, 08:57 PM

Of course nobody wants to admit that their country started World War 2. Why would anyone want to think their parents/grandparents had a hand in starting the bloodiest event in human history? So we debate. We go back and forth over who might be "at fault."

And, in so doing, we have a thread that is a very good microcosm of how the war started in the first place.

But the real question, for us today, is not who started it. The real question is what did we learn from it.

Look at the world today. There's always a war somewhere. We have multiple nations worried about migrants because their people don't want to live with those "other" people. We have financial crisis' that can't seem to be solved and money problems can lead to anger and hate. We have countries with huge prison systems, countries that use prisoners as cheap labor. Are conditions really that different than the condition of the world before World War 2?

We can't afford to repeat a world war. We have nuclear weapons now. We have conventional weapons that can do much more damage than World War 2 weapons. We can't afford to dismiss each other as "wacko" or "those people." We can't afford to slip into the blame game for any of our problems. There's too much at stake.

I forget his name but there is a U.S. naval commander who stated, "Either war is finished or we are."

So what did we learn from World War 2?

01-25-16, 08:57 PM	#23
Captain Jeff Seaman Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Nebraska Posts: 38 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Of course nobody wants to admit that their country started World War 2. Why would anyone want to think their parents/grandparents had a hand in starting the bloodiest event in human history? So we debate. We go back and forth over who might be "at fault." And, in so doing, we have a thread that is a very good microcosm of how the war started in the first place. But the real question, for us today, is not who started it. The real question is what did we learn from it. Look at the world today. There's always a war somewhere. We have multiple nations worried about migrants because their people don't want to live with those "other" people. We have financial crisis' that can't seem to be solved and money problems can lead to anger and hate. We have countries with huge prison systems, countries that use prisoners as cheap labor. Are conditions really that different than the condition of the world before World War 2? We can't afford to repeat a world war. We have nuclear weapons now. We have conventional weapons that can do much more damage than World War 2 weapons. We can't afford to dismiss each other as "wacko" or "those people." We can't afford to slip into the blame game for any of our problems. There's too much at stake. I forget his name but there is a U.S. naval commander who stated, "Either war is finished or we are." So what did we learn from World War 2? __________________ You're an attack sub. Act like it.