[risk]

Thanks for the comments. Simon Sebag Montefiore, who has written a biography of Stalin, claimed on Charlie Rose last night that FDR wanted a counter-balance to British imperialism and "loved" Stalin. We've all heard about communist infiltration into FDR's government. That would put the icing on the cake, wouldn't it?

[Proud_texan]

I've gone back and forth on that one, certainly FDR had some real scum working for him. For instance the original Harold Ickes who, amoung other things, was his Secretary of the Interior and started the PWA. I don't hold a very high opinion of the Ickes family (notice how the Clinton version never held a position that required confirmation.....

On the other hand FDR was pretty sick by Potsdam and, as best as I can tell, he had allowed his administration to be pretty well inflitrated by commies.

So he was either a commie or a chump, maybe a bit of both, but tied with LBJ for visiting the biggest disasters on future generations.

BTW, thanks for the link, have it bookmarked for additional study, looks like great stuff, appreciate it.