You make me see Cindy Sheehan in a whole new light.
Lindbergh was isolationist, as his father, a US Senator, had been in WWI. His opinion was the majority opinion, which was why FDR was petrified that Lindbergh might run for President, and could possibly win. As the son of a US Senator, that possibility was very real.
There are those that claim FDR engineered Pearl Harbor in order to get us into the war in Europe. That might be a bit far fetched, but he did bait the Japanese with trade policies, and once Pearl Harbor got us into the war, FDR spent the first part of it agressively going after Germany, not Japan.
Back to Cindy Sheehan. Could you ever imagine Cindy Sheehan flying a fighter aircraft, strafing a Japanese barge with 20mm and .50 caliber machine guns? Could you imagine her dive bombing in a Corsar at 500mph with several thousand lbs of bombs that are aimed at killing people?
I don't think so.
Comparing Lindbergh to Cindy Sheehan doesn't quite cut it.
Lindbergh was isolationist, as his father, a US Senator, had been in WWI. His opinion was the majority opinion, which was why FDR was petrified that Lindbergh might run for President, and could possibly win. As the son of a US Senator, that possibility was very real.
Isolationism is great for things like 'Peace in Our Time'. Lindbergh was a dandy pilot, but a moral failure. We could pretend just about anything and speculate as to the outcome; Lindbergh as president would not have averted US entry into the war- it almost certainly would have made it worse. You overstate the sentiment against the war-- it was not so widespread that FDR couldn't push through things like Lend-Lease, no thanks to Linbergh. Lindberg and his ilk prolonged the inevitable with their handwringing and dissembling. One wonders what Churchill would say about your reading of history.
There are those that claim FDR engineered Pearl Harbor in order to get us into the war in Europe.
Yes, and they watch Michael Moore movies in slow-mo and trade 9-11 conspiracy theories over at DailyKos.
That might be a bit far fetched, but he did bait the Japanese with trade policies, and once Pearl Harbor got us into the war, FDR spent the first part of it agressively going after Germany, not Japan.
Nonsense. FDR watched the tightening noose that Japan held in the Pacific (ask the survivors of Japanese atrocities if FDR was baiting the Japanese) and played all diplomatic hands first. The allied consensus was that Europe was the most pressing and that Japan could- and would- wait. Even so, the US racked up solid victories and had Japan backed up to her own shores by VE day
Back to Cindy Sheehan. Could you ever imagine Cindy Sheehan flying a fighter aircraft, strafing a Japanese barge with 20mm and .50 caliber machine guns? Could you imagine her dive bombing in a Corsar at 500mph with several thousand lbs of bombs that are aimed at killing people?
Only if it harmed US troops.
Your comparison is like saying that Ted Kennedy ably served all of his constituents except Mary Jo Kopechne. Lindbergh was wrong, and he used his position as a celebrity before, during and after the war to harm US interests (presaging the Liberals of the VietNam era and the kook left of the modern era).