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In reply to the discussion: Wow, where did this come from? [View all]dotymed
(5,610 posts)40. I think that anyone with a knowledge of American history
realizes that FDR perpetrated terrible acts against Japanese Americans. That cannot be undone. IMO, that does not diminish the great things he did for America and the war devastated nations, post WWII. In fact his implementation of the Marshal Plan in rebuilding Europe and Japan has made them more people friendly nations than America has ever been.
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Spinning and twisting into ever tighter misinformed little circles of willful misrepresentation,
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