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Originally Posted by superart
The Civil War was never about slavery, that's just Yankee propaganda. The Emancipation Proclamation was not meant to free slaves, but to disrupt the South's economy, thus making it much much harder for them to fight a war. Thats why it only freed the slaves in the states that were part of the confederacy.
Also, as you said, in WWII we were allied with Russia and England, which were 2 huge world powers. Also, they were a sovereign nation, being invaded and asking for our help. That is not the case today. It is more similar to the Gulf War where Kuwait asked for our help and we lead a true alliance to help them. Today, we may be in a "coalition" with England, but the US is doing the vast majority of the work. That is not a true alliance.
Like I said before, I believe it is good that we deposed an autocratic dictator and think we should do it all over the world, but I am just sad that we went about it in the wrong way.
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I hear southerners say that it had nothing to do with slavery and I must laugh. Slavery was a key issue in the Lincoln Douglas debates. Often this is glossed over as states rights issues. Nevertheless, it was over states rights to continue to own blacks as cattle. Look this issue was settled by a war. The south lost, the slaves were set free...done deal. Before you get all defensive this is coming from a guy whose Great Great Granddad was a hero Reb Cavalrymen....BillA should find that somewhat amusing. Kinda like the bay res
Here is food for thought. The British and the Russians did ask for our help. However, the French government surrenders and then supported the Germans. Did we liberate or occupy France?
I agree we should set down a firm policy that it is open season dictators.