Why Europe should thank the US

You guys still haven't thanked the French for saving your ass during the war of independence.

It is often said that the Soviets one WWII for the allies, and that American's are stupid for believing they played a pivotal role on the European front.

This may be a fair criticism, from a military point of view. In a political sense, though, the US did play the role of savior to Western Europe.

It was the US that ensured Western Europe would develop into prosperous, liberal, democracies by preventing Soviet influence from spreading West.

You can all whinge on about the US being evil imperialists, but the fact of the matter is that they ensured the survival of your way of life. As much as you may hate it.

**** that it was Britain that cracked the enigma code subsequently winning the war

Depends which film people decide to watch

**** that it was Britain that cracked the enigma code subsequently winning the war

If your post is even true and doesn't take into consideration any sort of chaos theory...

what's your point? Thank you USA. Now what? Do you feel some smug sense of superiority that you were spouted out of a vagina on that particular piece of land?

Well, well done.

wut? Let's try and talk sensibly, shall we?

It's more that people shouldn't be so critical of the US.

It's more that people shouldn't be so critical of the US.

wut? Let's try and talk sensibly, shall we?



It's more that people shouldn't be so critical of the US.

First off it is won, not one.

Secondly in WW2 America jumped in at the last minute, debateable how much influence they had, most likely would have gone the same way.

And what exactly is wrong with that?

You see communist as evil. Why? Because you have been brought up in a capitalist society.

What if you weren't? What if you were born intoa communist country, you would be adapted to the life.

Look at the world today, it's crumbling economically.

I think communism does not work, but you are making ridiculous assumptions.

As well as this, as much of a massive JFK fan I am, they sure ensured my survival of my way of life but there have been a damn good few times when they've managed to endanger it, especially in that era.

To be honest I'm just throwing stuff out there, but you seem a bit vague and one of those uneducated people who throw their hat into the ring so I'm gonna leave it here.

You guys still haven't thanked the French for saving your ass during the war of independence.

If your post is even true and doesn't take into consideration any sort of chaos theory... what's your point? Thank you USA. Now what? Do you feel some smug sense of superiority that you were spouted out of a vagina on that particular piece of land?

Well, well done.

That's absurd. American values and political systems were imported from Britain - we'd been a constitutional monarchy since 1688. I think European values of democracy and liberty, at that point well developed, needed no assistance from the United States to maintain.

As for your role in the Second World War, I'll gouge my eyes out if I have to withstand another argument about that.

Well in America there actually isn't a king.

On topic, though, do you notice how all the communist countries in post WW2 Europe happened to be occupied by the Soviets? What do you think might have happened if the Soviets had "liberated" France, or Italy, or West Germany, or the Netherlands? Try and be logical here.