[talk2farley]

I understand. However, when faced with a machine such as that of the combined German/Japanese empires, one must face the facts: War becomes inevitable.

You might not like it, but that doesnt change it. One must realize "...the tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and of tyrants." (Thomas Jefferson)

Likewise with Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan. You cannot hide from these people. 9/11 proved this. Unfortunately, however, many knew this long beforehand. And did nothing.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I don't really disagree with you, but my only point is that the great Franklin Roosevelt cannot in any way be compared to Ronald Reagan. In his first term RR

whipped inflation
got the country going again, and
ended the energy crisis.

In his second term Ronald Reagan

transcended communism.

The "great" FDR who won WWII is really the weak president who spent his first two terms letting the economy stagnate and letting WWII develop in Europe. And whose actual motive for getting us into WWII lead directly to the human tragedy (lest we forget, still ongoing vs China) known as the Cold War. And to policies not even approximately designed to minimize our WWII casualties.

Without the 22nd Amendment, after all, Clinton would probably have been renominated and reelected--and whatever hash he made (continued to make) of a response to terrorism would eventually have become in history some kind of "great legacy."