should we have kept iraqi oil

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(01-26-2017, 11:59 PM)Dill Wrote: It is the Trump era now, so I am not surprised that his defenders may bring alternative hindsight to historical discussions.

In 1940, the US Army numbered about 109,000 men. By the end of '41, it had been boosted to 900,000--all still in the US. Plus 54,00 Marines on the West Coast and some Pacific Islands. The navy had a few bases abroad in US possessions like the Philippines, the Caribbean and Central America. The German army numbered over three million in 41, with superior equipment and training.

With a minimal army and navy and little ability to project force, the US was neither able to be nor acting as the world's police in 1941.

Germans "threatened" Americans the day they declared war. As I said above.

Germany put six submarines off the US east coast in January of '42, less than a month after the declaration.  Within a month they sank 159,000 tons of US shipping.  Hundreds of US sailor citizens were killed before the US had attacked any German possession. 

So that is when Americans were threatened by Hitler.

All that and you didn't answer the simple 8 word question at the beginning of the post. 

It's good to know (aka google) stuff, but it is better when that stuff is used to answer a question posed.