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In reply to the discussion: With her speech today, HRC made herself the pro-slaughter candidate. [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)in the world. Their armies had rolled over most of Europe before the United States entered the war. Nazi Germany truly threatened to extinguish democratic values and common morality from all of Western Europe and other parts of the world. They were an almost unparalleled horror and threat to humanity.
When modern politicians talk about "doing whatever it takes" to ensure America's "safety and security" they're NOT talking about the same thing as Nazi Germany. They're talking about using aggressive military action to stop even the potential for any Americans being harmed.
You can agree or disagree that the potential threat of criminal and ideological terrorist groups in the Middle East justifies violating the sovereignty of Middle Eastern countries and carrying out acts of aggression. But I don't think you can reasonably claim that Middle Eastern terrorists pose an existential threat to the United States in the same way that Nazi Germany did to out allies in Western Europe.