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====Americans opposed involvement in World War II====
[[File:469px-Wickes_class_destroyers_before_transfer_to_the_UK_1940.jpeg|thumbnail|left|250px|US Wickes Class Destroyers before transfer to UK under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement]]
Marshall and others, therefore, argued that U.S. national security would be better served by reserving military supplies for the defense of the Western Hemisphere. American public opinion also limited Roosevelt’s options. Many Americans opposed involving the United States in another war. Even though American public opinion generally supported the British rather than the Germans, President Roosevelt had to develop an initiative that was consistent with the legal prohibition against the granting of credit, satisfactory to military leadership, and acceptable to an American public that generally resisted involving the United States in the European conflict.
