No, but after Pearl Harbor would you have suggested that Roosevelt could have imposed economic sanctions without immediate war. Roosevelt could have worked with the international community to mediate a peaceful resolution to the disputes without immediate war. Roosevelt could have ordered the naval blockade of the Japan without an immediate land war. Roosevelt could have negotiated with the Japanese without an immediate war. There were several steps Roosevelt could have taken to avoid an immediate war. I mean, if he wanted to avoid an immediate war and all.
“No, but after Pearl Harbor would you have suggested that Roosevelt could have imposed economic sanctions without immediate war.”
The time to take intermediate measures is before the shooting starts. It is my understanding Roosevelt did just that - he imposed economic sanctions against Japan well before Pearl Harbor. And he conducted peace negotiations before jumping into war. Roosevelt’s government was, in fact, negotiating with the Japanese right up until the attack at PH.
Lincoln was unwilling to give economic sanctions time to work. And he was unwilling to meet with the Confederates and negotiate in good faith.
Roosevelt was a Big Government Democrat and you might suspect I do not agree with much of what he did. But I do admire his 1936 remarks when he honored General Lee in Dallas. Said Roosevelt: “I am very happy to take part in this unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee.
All over the United States we recognize him as a great leader of men, as a great general. But, also, all over the United States I believe that we recognize him as something much more important than that. We recognize Robert E. Lee as one of our greatest American Christians and one of our greatest American gentlemen.”