[dfwgator]

To his credit Obama let the machinery work to allow this to happen. Of course we all know that GWB laid all the ground work for this day to happen.

Just like Truman who was there when WWII ended, although it was mostly the work of FDR. And say what you will about FDR's domestic policies, IMHO he was a hell of a wartime President.

[hinckley buzzard]

Dismissing diplomatic warnings about the USSR's expansionist postwar intentions, Roosevelt on Stalin, 1943:

"I just have a hunch that Stalin is not that kind of a man. ... I think that if I give him everything I possibly can and ask for nothing from him in return, noblesse oblige, he won't try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace."

Helluva wartime leader.