"It is not difficult to understand why Jewish people desire the overthrow of Nazi Germany. The persecution they suffered in Germany would be sufficient to make bitter enemies of any race.
No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany."
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So Lindbergh's comments were more reasonable than the headline suggests. His greatest sin in this article was that he believed that an isolationist policy was the way to go.
But who can be sure? Maybe he really wanted Germany to win, but was afraid of saying so directly.
He greatly admired German air power. He went over and hobnobbed with the Nazi bigwigs.
When the japs bombed Pearl, he was on Roosevelt’s case to take him back into the Air Corps. Roosevelt refused, so he get some gig as a “technical consultant” and flew around the Pacific to make it seem as if he were some kind of ace.
His heroics were over after Paris.
He also flew 30 combat missions in the Pacific area. He was awarded a medal for this. He is said to have taken over from a crew member and scored a hot on an enemy aircraft.
I smiled when I read his accusation of how clever British authorities were. This in trying to drag America into the war. Sure thing- a book was written about the clever lads behind this kind of thing. "Masters of Deceit".
Fouled up again. It was President Hoover who wrote that book “Masters of Deceit” about the communists. A book written about British intelligence was called “BodyGuard of Lies”
Iowamark changed the article title.
That's considered an FR no-no because it leads to duplicate posts. Admittedly, that's much more of a problem for current events than for 1941 speeches.