Re:Why was the Zimmerman Telegram so important?
by mikeash on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @09:51AM
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What's your theory for a reason that absolves this? Or did I misunderstand your implication?
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Re:Why was the Zimmerman Telegram so important?
by mafribe on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @02:21PM
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The US had long supported the Allied side sub-rosa, e.g. the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. At least on some interpretations that support amounted to an act of war. Imagine, to put this into perspective, that you had been caught in 2002 to ship weapons to Al-Qaeda.