[/quote] What got this nation out of the Depression was WWII, not FDR or his policies. Also, FDR wanted America to get involved in the war, but Congress said no until Dec. 7, 1941 happened. [/quote]
Easy to agree that WW2 got USA out of depression. However, for most of remaining nations, folks lives were destroyed or further destroyed (many killed, others lost everything) by WW2 and the diverse messes leading up to and following it. For them WW2, etc. was just a continuation of the nightmare, a nightmare that lasted lots longer in most of world than in USA.
The common discription I read on 05 November in foreign newspapers of Obama's new job is "nightmare". Lets hope that is an exaggeration. Like the Great Depression and WW2, the current financial crisis is consequence of well-intended, often in narrow self interest, actions of large number of people, across political spectrum in many countries.
Niklas
