On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:49:12 -0500, Michel Boucher wrote:

> Dave Smith > wrote in news:4a245829$0$31514
> :
>
>> The US does not have a great record in winning wars single
>> handed. Sure they have done well with coalitions, and did help to turn
>> the tide during two world wars that they tried to sit out.
>
> Indeed, their record on both WWI and WWII is nothing short of blindingly
> self-interested until Dec 9 41 when Hitler declared war on them. Had he
> not done that, Canadians would have had to save Europe all on their own.

....and possibly done so without beating their chests about for sixty years
afterward.

your pal,
blake