To: patriciaruth
"...Harry Truman led America into the Cold War and the Truman Doctrine with its commitment to American containment of Soviet aggression remained the basic U.S. strategy until the USSR collapsed in 1991..."
Truman was a goofball. He made the US vulnerable to Soviet spies. His 'nukes for peace' program did more for nuclear proliferation than anything else on earth. He fired General MacArthur for fighting too well, not to mention telling MacArthur to stop advancing up NK when the enemy was in retreat. Truman's only vitue was his frugalness. We could use some frugalness right now. But looking at all the harm he did, I'm glad he's not around to provide more frugalness.
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Truman apparently did not have the vision thing.
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Lest we forget - under the Lend-Lease Program, the United States sent to the USSR, in the
Spring of 1943, tens of tons of nuclear material, including enriched uranium.
The head of said Lend-Lease Program - Harry 'The Hop' Hopkins - aka FDR's alter-ego and now known as Agent No. 19 from the Venona decrypts.
This is the same 'The Hop' who was with FDR when ye olde Franklin is given those decoded Japanese messages on December 6, 1941 (Washington time) and says "This means war!" ... and then does nothing to alert the US military ... that Harry 'The Hop' Hopkins and FDR.
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07/25/2003 4:14:09 AM PDT by
jamaksin
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