[BillGunn]

years ago read the book A Republic, Not an Empire by Pat Buchanan. He was under the opinion that FDR antagonized the Japanese

[tanknetter]

years ago read the book A Republic, Not an Empire by Pat Buchanan. He was under the opinion that FDR antagonized the Japanese

He's right, FDR did "antagonize" the Japanese.

He's wrong, however, in his belief that FDR shouldn't have done it. Quite frankly it was the "America First" Pat Buchanans of the era who impeded FDR's efforts and almost lost the West to Fascism and Japanese militarism.

[ml/nj]

FDR antagonized the Japanese

You, and other FReepers who want to make up your own minds would do well to follow Homer_J_Simpson's daily retrospective on the NY Times from 70 years ago. Don't just start tomorrow with the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Go back two months and read, and see what you think.

ML/NJ