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Author: Soviet agents subverted US in 1930s
The Daily Caller ^ | May 26, 2013 | Ginni Thomas

Posted on 05/26/2013 9:20:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Syndicated columnist Diana West says the ultimate conclusion of her new book shocked even her.

“Americans have been betrayed … by our leaders going back to FDR’s administration in the 1930s because we were penetrated by Soviet agents to such an extent that our policies and, indeed I argue, our character as a nation was subverted,” she explained in an interview with The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas about her book, “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character.”

“I don’t believe we won World War II,” West added. “I believe that we were actually carrying out Soviet strategy due to this penetration.”

West says that though the United States helped defeat Hitler’s Germany, Joseph Stalin used the war to enlarge the boundaries of his Soviet empire by taking half of Europe.

“You replace Hitler, one monster of totalitarianism, with an even larger totalitarian monster, who killed even more millions of people,” West said.

“How do we look at that and say, ‘we won, we’re great. Triumphial.’ It just doesn’t compute. And I think we have again been victimized by a tremendous, in effect, influence campaign.”

West started writing the book, which reads like a thriller, in 2009. Throughout her research of available historical documents, she tried to reconcile her findings with countless footnotes, memoirs, State Department records, out-of-print books, letters and revelations in files from the Venona archive and the Mitrokhin archives that became available after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.....

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1 posted on 05/26/2013 9:20:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCarthy vindication ping!


2 posted on 05/26/2013 9:22:56 PM PDT by Viennacon
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3 posted on 05/26/2013 9:23:07 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FDR was a tool. Why he is admired by otherwise sensible people is beyond my limited grasp.


4 posted on 05/26/2013 9:24:07 PM PDT by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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5 posted on 05/26/2013 9:25:03 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tail Gun Joe was right all along.


6 posted on 05/26/2013 9:25:09 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is also a fact that for roughly a century, communists concentrated considerable effort into subverting the American black community, and we are now reaping the bitter harvest. Strip away all the ethnic peculiarities of the afro-american culture, and it’s pure unaldulterated communist/socialist doctrine.


7 posted on 05/26/2013 9:28:41 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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This is well documented in "Stalin's Secret Agents: The Subversion of Roosevelt's Government" by M. Stanton Evans and Herbert Romerstein. Romerstein co-authored "The Venona Secrets" with Eric Breindel. Nobody understands Soviet subversion of the United States like Evans, Romerstein and Breindel.


8 posted on 05/26/2013 9:29:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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What’s sad is that if you say anything bad about “The Good War” you get smeared. I hope I’m wrong, but I bet she won’t be invited on Fox News or any talk radio.

It’s always been a mystery why Dresden was firebombed when it was choked with refugees from the East. I’ve heard that it was to keep Stalin happy and I believe it.


9 posted on 05/26/2013 9:35:13 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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I know some college professors who pretty much worship him.


10 posted on 05/26/2013 9:36:48 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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I cannot remember where I read FDR was very close to unknowingly naming a Soviet agent (spy) as his Sec State; might have been “The Shield and the Sword” by Vasili Mitrokhin (former KGB officer). At any rate, the ‘30s and ‘40s US/UK governments were likely thoroughly penetrated by the Soviets; from the Cambridge Five to the Rosenbergs. Maybe even the early CIA; read “A Wilderness of Mirrors” by David C. martin. This ebbed with the advent of the ‘50s cold war and yet took off again with the tumult of the ‘60s and continues to this day.

Regards from old Camp Red Cloud, the Chorwon Valley, and the Imjin Gang.


11 posted on 05/26/2013 9:37:49 PM PDT by Sine_Pari
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Pat Buchanan wrote a book recently about our involvement in WW2 being unnecessary. Did we do Iran’s dirty work in Iraq? Both countriesare now run by shites.


12 posted on 05/26/2013 9:41:24 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Pat didn’t have any family headed to the easy-bake ovens.


13 posted on 05/26/2013 9:47:57 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The real scandal is that assault continues unabated, and I believe it’s even accelerating today.


14 posted on 05/26/2013 9:50:57 PM PDT by aquila48
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Did we do Iran’s dirty work in Iraq?

Back in the run-up to the war, I kept saying, "Of course Sadaam won't declare he doesn't have WMDs! His mortal enemies, against whom Iraq fought probably the bloodiest war since WWII are next door."

15 posted on 05/26/2013 9:55:17 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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they pretty much took over the entire federal agriculture department during the cold war (and today)


16 posted on 05/26/2013 9:57:00 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SandRat

Indeed he was. And they killed him.


17 posted on 05/26/2013 9:58:45 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone please inform Ms. Thomas that it actually started in 1917.


18 posted on 05/26/2013 9:59:51 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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bttt


19 posted on 05/26/2013 10:00:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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they pretty much took over the entire federal agriculture department during the cold war (and today)

Oh. That explains Hank Kimball.

20 posted on 05/26/2013 10:00:40 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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