[VoodooEconomics]

FDR - elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war.

I believe FDR was reelected in 1944

[dirtboy]

I believe FDR was reelected in 1944

Note the weasel words - went on to serve a full term.

[Ole Okie]

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war.

FDR was in his third term when the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor. He had defeated Wendell Wilkie (R) in 1940, after the electorate sort of agonized over whether to go against Washington's example of serving only two terms.

In 1944 he defeated Thomas E Dewey, Republican. Roosevelt then died in 1945, succeeded by the man from the Kansas City Pendergrast machine, Harry S Truman.

Truman won on his own in 1948, defeating (taranta ra!), Thomas E Dewey.

Harry Truman, in turn, got us into the US led United Nations "police action" in Korea in his second term.

I wonder if this writer ever studied American history. The whole issue is much more complicated than he wants to make it. His premise is very, very faulty.

[Almondjoy]

I would have to assume that the writer meant what he said here. Led into war.. hmmm.. As I recall the good man FDR did not lead us to war. We were sucked into it. Now if you want to call Led into war our declaration on Germany.. that's up for debate. None the less we wouldn't of entered the war when we did if now for Pearl Harbor.