Well, that's a question, isn't it? If Franklin D. Roosevelt had issued a statement that the American people wished the National Socialists good tidings, or had Ronald Reagan issued a similar statement regarding the Soviets, there would have been hell to pay.
But now we live in a more "compassionate" era where we wish our enemies well.
Actually, Reagan wished the people of the then Soviet Union well on several occasions. Then he proceeded to outmaneuver their leaders. All the while, folks here who thought they knew better nipped at his heels, lamenting that he was not being more "forceful." Case in point, George Will saying Carter acted more forcefully to the invasion of Afghanistan than Reagan did to the suppression of Poland. But of the two, who got the job done?