Posted on 05/05/2005 2:13:21 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Yikes. That's worse than I thought.
Ding ding ding! You get an A on your final! The Treaty of Versailles set the stage for WWII.
" But I think the sanctions where the result of Jap aggression against U.S. ships in China."
Sorry, but the U.S. economic sanctions were about the "bigger picture". Namely, China. Japan bombed our navy in order to gain the time to consolidate their rule over the western pacific rim and then establish a credible defensive perimeter that we wouldn't want to mess with. Then they could negotiate terms. They were fools. But in my book, we picked two stupid fights in the 40s. And if you don't believe it, remember that we managed to get ourselves into TWO giant global wars that had nothing to do with each other within one week under FDR.
Bush??
Don't laugh! There are some out there that believe the Bush family helped the 3rd Reich get ready for war - like these folks.
God, what an idiot. Thanks for that quote. He's off my "great presidents" list forever.
Ha! You think WWII finished it?!?!
I suspect FDR was more clever than naive.
I always thought FDR was better than many on the right have portrayed him, thinking that he simply didn't see through Stalin etc.
Within the last couple of years the evidence keeps piling up that he was a knowing Commie sypathizer
FDR needed Stalin's cooperation to implement his "Global New Deal."
What matters most is the question: Who finished it? We all know the answer to that question.
Why, Prescott Bush of course! See my post #87 link.
It all started with the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
100% correct...WWII was nothing more than a continuation
of WWI.
Well he was apparently wrong about a whole bunch of things. But again he did apologize later on. He admitted it whereas many did not. And he did support Nixon for President in 1960. Apparently because he thought Nixon would be better for farmers. He had a significant background in agriculture and actually invented something in that sphere I believe.
Cultural Marxist Dictionary definitions....
Grievance: The cause of all heinous acts committed by either people of color or non-democratic societies.
Evil: A trait that is only inherent to Capitalists, caucasions, Christians and Jews.
Exactly, for Hitler crushing Western Europe, especially France was revenge for WW1.
Who started WWII?
Ask Louie Farrakhan, he'll tell you.....it was the white devils and the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS
As much as I despise Franklin Roosevelt and his policies, I have to give him credit for dumping Wallace in '44. FDR knew he was in poor health, and must have been mightily uncomfortable envisioning Wallace as the next president.
Roosevelt had the smarts to replace Wallace on the '44 ticket with Harry S Truman, a man who he (FDR) was only vaguely aware of, but a man who had proven his ability insofar as administrating policy and understanding the workings of government.
The selection of Truman is IMHO FDR's legacy. Truman was an honest no-nonsense democrat Senator who had been an artillery officer during WWI, and as such he harbored no illusions with regard to the USSR and its inclinations. He also understood the Japanese, their military discline, and their unwillingness to capitulate under any terms. That understanding was the source of his decision to use nuclear arms on Japan, a couragous act which goes unrecognized to this day by many misguided idiots.
The years immediately following WWII were critical in checking the aspirations of Stalin mentioned in this article. It was damned fortunate for the US that Harry Truman, and not Henry Wallace, sat in the Oval Office during the opening days of the Cold War.
I rank Truman as the second greatest president of the 20th century. First place goes to Theodore Roosevelt and third place goes to Ronald Reagan.
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