----- Original Message ----- From: "kerri miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: "God Is With Us" L3
> > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you think about FDR's lies? Were they immoral, or was secretly > > protecting British ships justified...given the likelihood that we would > > eventually have had to face the winner of the German/Soviet war? Did he > > well represent (or did he actually realize) that he was forcing Japan > > into > > a corner by prohibiting the sale of oil to Japan. Japan needed oil to > > keep > > its industrial base going, it needed to either conquer Indochina or get > > the US to start shipping again. What were the US's demands for > > restarting > > the oil shipment, or was oil included in the boycott unintentionally or > > without fully thinking through the consequences. > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743201299/ > > > Is it that > > LBJ and GWB et. al. also lied to themselves? > > Is it that history has judges that the maneuvering of FDR was moral, given > the outcome? That's another good question...do we justly punish LBJ and GWB for failure and reward FDR for success? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
