@Michael718 Said
Name me one war america has gotten involved in thats not to protect outside interests? If thats not an indictment of a bankrupt society then what is?
Okay. WWII. We took a National Defense posture. We had no intention to fight in Europe or Asia and only intended to provide assistance to other Democracies threatened by other nations but took no actions that would constitute an act of war.
A part of Roosevelt's State of the Union address in January 1941
"First, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all-inclusive national defense.
Secondly, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute people everywhere who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our hemisphere. By this support we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail, and we strengthen the defense and the security of our own nation.
Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers. We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom."
It was only after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor that Roosevelt made a declaration of war and it wasn't to "protect outside interests". It was to defend the United States from outside agressors. As everyone knows, that Declaration of War was against only the Empire of Japan on December 8th 1941 after their sneak attack the previous day. That Declaration wasn't against any other nations, only against the nation that attacked American soil.
Italy and Germany made their own declarations of war against the United States on the 11th of December, and it wasn't until after their Declaration against the United States that the President also declared war on them.