[fugazi]

With hindsight leaking the war plans can seem traitorous. But I can see an editor (McCormick) who actually fought in the First World War wanting to keep American men from dying in another unnecessary and horrendously grisly European war. The Germans and the Soviets were both bad (and basically allies before Hitler ordered the invasion), so no great loss there. We did not yet understand the that the Nazi Party wanted to completely rid the world of Jews, so there wasn’t that clear good versus evil distinction yet. Sending tanks and planes was certainly preferable to shipping another generation of young men to Europe to become cannon fodder.

[moovova]

“...wanting to keep American men from dying in another unnecessary and horrendously grisly European war.”

I get the point...and I understand. I wasn’t “anti-war” when I was younger, but that has changed. The lives lost and damaged, as a result of America’s “wars”, is just overwhelming. America has done a real disservice to our youth.

[Chainmail]

The Chicago papers were full of traitors; it was Chicago rag that published the story about the Japanese setting their depth charges too shallow to kill US subs. Very shortly after, they reset their charges and American submariners began to die.

Anydamnbody who causes American fighting men to be killed needs to be immediately put against a wall and shot.