But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed.
The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.
You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform.
After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.
They held it their duty to live but for their country.
Britain in 1939 and 1940 really thought they were going to lose the war. It looked like they were going to lose. There was bombing every day, and people were literally starving.
Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the democratic process and encouraging elections, in spite of the fact that a war was going on in several of these countries.
There never was a democracy yet where the people didn't vote themselves into oblivion.
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