In his book, “Freedom Betrayed,” former President Hoover chronicles 19 failures on FDR that moved the US inexorably towards an unnecessary war (WW II). Hoover’s case is compelling.
Over the next few days I will list these failures as given by Hoover and you can judge if WW II was a “good war.”
Failure #1 — Roosevelt’s lost statesmanship was in recognition of Communist Russia in November, 1933. Four Presidents and five Secretaries of State — Democrats as well as Republicans — had (with knowledge of the whole purpose and methods of international Communism) refused such action. They knew and said the Communists would be able to penetrate the US, carrying their germs of destruction of religious faith, freedom of men, and independence of nations. They considered our recognition of Soviet Russia would give it prestige and force among other nations. All of FDR’s puerile agreements with them that they would not deal in their wickedness within our borders were on the record repudiated in less than 48 hours. A long train of Communists and fellow travelers were taken into the highest levels of the (FDR) administration. Fifth column action spread over the country, with a long series of traitorous acts during his (FDR) remaining 12 years in the Presidency.
