Reply #66: Wait - you think FDR "ginned up" WWII??

[Joe for Clark]

I don't even know what to say to that.

As to Germany's intentions toward the US, there isn't any doubt about it.

Hitler wrote a sequel to Mein Kampf - it was found in a safe at his publishers office and then published a few years ago. Pretty scary stuff - before he even took power he had some very "ill intentions" toward the US. Clearly he understood the inevitable result of his conquests would result in a show down with us. He was right.

And frankly, I strongly believe FDRs main legacy lies in his ability to get us sucessfully thru that war. I think some things get lost in the clutter of history - but we really did almost lose that war - it was a close run thing. And if we did lose, the consequence were unthinkable.

Churchill said once about the Nazis that "a new dark age was comming" - He was exacly right.

Joe

Joe