In Defense of Diana West

CNS News ^ | September 13, 2013 | M. Stanton Evans

[No One Special]

[GeronL]

we are again seeing DC occupied by commies

[driftless2]

If it’s between conservatives, the truth is very often in the middle. David Horowitz is no radical leftist...at least not anymore.

[GeronL]

This is in 1942. This is not at Tehran or Yalta. Roosevelt made various remarks in 1942, 1943, and 1944 -- despite the explicit wording of the Atlantic Charter which he and Churchill signed and to which the Russians assented on numerous occasions -- that Russia would receive EVERYTHING she had been granted in the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, and as a matter of fact, a great deal more, and that people in Eastern Europe would "simply have to accept that."

Were these remarks reported in the press?

[GeronL]

The gulags and deaths will come sooner or later

[GeronL]

There could be a whole website where conservatives set history straight, call it New History Review or something

[FredZarguna]

They were made to various people in the Military, OSS, and State Department, many of whom reported them in their memoirs after the war. It’s highly doubtful that the press would have reported anything questionable about FDR, even if they had access to contemporaneous information.

[FredZarguna]

If it’s between conservatives, the truth is very often in the middle.

I'm inclined to give David Horowitz broad leeway on some things, but this is simply not an area of his expertise. His parents were Communists. That doesn't mean he knows anything about the extent of penetration into FDR's administration. As a matter of fact, if anything he would probably know less because Red Cells were highly compartmentalized as a matter of tradecraft. So his involvement in this dispute is puzzling.

Radosh is another story. I personally think Radosh has played the role of limiting the breadth and depth of revelations about American Communism and Soviet penetration. His narrative about John Stewart Service and the fall of China is simply not to be believed. I'm also skeptical about his book about the Rosenbergs. Ann Coulter slapped him down very hard after he attacked her for defending McCarthy. From what I've read about McCarthy from a number of sources, Radosh was carrying liberal water, and Coulter was right about him. Personally, I don't think Radosh is trustworthy.

[driftless2]

I do think both Horowitz and Radosh are unwilling to give McCarthy the credit he deserves because most likely they have personal friends who were hurt by the senator's efforts. And let me make it clear I fully support the great part of McCarthy's efforts to uproot commies. And I don't think Radosh had the conservative credentials Horowitz has.

But I want to read and hear more comments by other conservatives before I make a judgment about West's book. Again, I read Evans book about McCarthy, and I liked it a lot. However, let's see what other big name conservatives say about West's book.

[kabumpo]

That doesn’t mean that he can’t be wrong, or stupid.

[driftless2]

I’m not going to disagree. And as an example, I think they’re both very wrong about McCarthy...probably due to having personal (commie) friends having their lives turned upside down by McCarthy’s investigations. But although I think Roosevelt was naïve about commie operatives in his admin, I don’t think it was run by commies.

[KC Burke]

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/david-horowitz/diana-west-invents-a-new-conspiracy/

Above is the link to Horowitz’s review and defense of that review on FrontPageMag. He makes some good points and that should be acknowledged.

Operation Snow, by Koster as an eye-opener for me.

[KC Burke]

see the link I posted at 52

[Ravnagora]

Thanks for the Ping, Navy Patriot. I had not seen this article before.

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[Welkin]

I am just finishing American Betrayal by Diana West - What a great book - I have been reading about WWII for 60 years but this book shows me I have a lot to learn.