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* Really, this trope has pretty much been America's [[Planet of Hats|Hat]]. Examples: |
* Really, this trope has pretty much been America's [[Planet of Hats|Hat]]. Examples: |
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** The U.S. sat out the Cuban rebellion against Spain for about fifteen years until the ''USS Maine'' blew up in Havana Harbor, which got the U.S. into [[Spanish–American War|the war against Spain]]. |
** The U.S. sat out the Cuban rebellion against Spain for about fifteen years until the ''USS Maine'' blew up in Havana Harbor, which got the U.S. into [[Spanish–American War|the war against Spain]]. |
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** The U.S. stayed neutral in [[World War |
** The U.S. stayed neutral in [[World War I]] until it looked like German victory was imminent ''and'' the Germans were caught attempting to form an offensive alliance with Mexico against the United States. |
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** The U.S. didn't really start to help the Allies in [[World War Two]] until after the fall of France, and did not get into the war until after Pearl Harbor (seizing Japanese assets may count as an act of war, but no shots were fired at that point yet), and did not declare war against Germany until after Germany declared war against the U.S. (after years of supporting UK and Soviet Union with the amount of resources comparable to expenses of actually fighting a war, but again, not jumping into action directly). |
** The U.S. didn't really start to help the Allies in [[World War Two]] until after the fall of France, and did not get into the war until after Pearl Harbor (seizing Japanese assets may count as an act of war, but no shots were fired at that point yet), and did not declare war against Germany until after Germany declared war against the U.S. (after years of supporting UK and Soviet Union with the amount of resources comparable to expenses of actually fighting a war, but again, not jumping into action directly). |
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** When the Cold War began, the Truman administration was quite indifferent to what happened in mainland east Asia, cutting off aid to Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT in the critical year of 1946, and then, after the Communists took over China, withdrawing American forces from Korea and declaring South Korea to be outside the American "defense perimeter in Asia." When the North Koreans then promptly invaded South Korea with Soviet and Chinese backing, the U.S. intervened on the South Korean side. |
** When the Cold War began, the Truman administration was quite indifferent to what happened in mainland east Asia, cutting off aid to Chiang Kai-shek and the KMT in the critical year of 1946, and then, after the Communists took over China, withdrawing American forces from Korea and declaring South Korea to be outside the American "defense perimeter in Asia." When the North Koreans then promptly invaded South Korea with Soviet and Chinese backing, the U.S. intervened on the South Korean side. |
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[[Category:Corruption Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Redemption Tropes]] |
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