"Benjamin Franklin (whose 300th birthday is today) would not have thought so. In 1776 he and his four colleagues on the Continental Congress's foreign affairs committee (called the Committee of Secret Correspondence) unanimously agreed that they could not tell the Congress about the covert assistance France was giving the American Revolution."
Of course, these four and their cohorts in France were all Freemasons, which is the reason they could both insist on such aid as a matter of fraternal right AND keep it secret.
No, this is not tin-foil hat stuff. It is well documented, and, in fact, this America-France link was part of the source for the anti-masonic movement in America.
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To have men of this caliber today leading our country.
Look up how the Founders dealt with those Americans who remained loyal to the King. They were no great proponents of civil rights for the opposition in time of war.
And also attributed to Franklin: (There is debate as to whether it was actually Richard Jackson, in a book published by Franklin)
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
Just thought I would take the opportunity to acknowledge Ben Franklin's birthday, a great thinker and American, we sure could use more. He sure deserves a National Birthday.