And for anybody who doubts FDR was trying to get us into the war, note not only the destroyer deal [with more to come later, like convoying British ships to Iceland, radioing U-boat positions to the Brits, etc]; bu the U.S warning Japan off Indochina, which belonged to Vichy France.
There is no doubt at all that FDR was behaving in a wildly unconstitutional way. Liberals, who got their panties in such a bunch over the Patriot Act, ignore this.
I don’t ignore it, but I do believe he behaved appropriately, even though unconstitutionally. As during our Civil War, unconstitutional measures are sometimes necessary to save the Constitution.
Had Britain been defeated, our eventual return to Europe would have been far more difficult, and if USSR had gone down, a distinct possibility with Germany having only one front to deal with, a US invasion of Europe would have been quite impossible without using the Bomb.