Of course there's also the fact that Germany invaded almost every country in Europe over a 2 year period, and helping another country to defend itself is also a legitimate reason for intervention.
I should add that US actions such as firebombing of German and Japanese cities and the use of the atomic bomb were unjustified, even though the entrance of the US into the war was legitimate.
Brett
At 08:28 PM 5/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>That weapons are tools for changing an adversary's mind
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>>I don't agree. Weapons should not be tools used to change minds, but for
>>self-defense. A disagreement is not sufficient justification for violence.
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>>Brett
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>So U.S. intervention in World War II--definitely not in self-defense, and
>definitely with the aim of changing the German military's mind about
>whether it wanted to be ruled by Nazis--was unjustified?
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>Brad DeLong