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In reply to the discussion: Gaza's journey to refuge marred by pervasive hunger, streets littered with corpses [View all]Eko
(9,823 posts)He did something and we reacted. By its definition reacting is to act in a particular way as a direct result of something else. To act is to reach, make, or issue a decision on some matter. To make a decision is to make a choice. That necessarily implies that there are multiple choices. That means that the choice taken is the responsibility of those making the choice. Do I fault the US and their allies for these choices? Absolutely. Some of them were just outright major military blunders made at that time. Others should have been war crimes. We made decisions based on the evidence we knew and we acted on them. Sometimes we were right, sometimes wrong. In the end it turned out to be better than the worse option and pretty much that is the best you can expect from war. It did cause the cold war, then Korea, then Vietnam, then Russia-afganistan, then,, we can keep going. Regardless, Hitler did not point a gun at Roosevelt and make him choose. Hitler acted, Roosevelt acted and we are all responsible for our actions. Or do you disagree? That's pretty much what the felony murder thing is.