Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:18 AM Christopher Jones writes: "Although Daryl DeBell is certainly entitled to his opinion, I do not agree that Roosevelt was a positive influence on the US and the world. I also do not agree that Americans have abandoned their healthy dislike of Roosevelt, as the success of The Roosevelt Myth proves. I do agree however that his possible Jewishness is rather anecdotal in importance compared to his policies, which I soundly reject. For me, his lies, cheating, and philandering remind me of Bill Clinton. And like Clinton, Roosevelt was able to construct an aura of statesmanship around him that was just a mirage. I certainly feel Daryl DeBell's sincerity when he writes about the social security program, but he forgets that, despite all Rossevelt's socialist efforts at kick starting the economy, the US had slipped again into recession in 1937. It took a world war against Japan and Germany to lift the US out of its doldrums. So we come back to Roosevelt's sycophantic pandering to Jews and his love of Josef Stalin. His hatred of Europe is proved by his initial approval of the Morgenthau plan, against Cordell Hull's advice (he later withdrew it.) His refusal to end the war honorably with Hitler's overthrow looks to me suspiciously like exacting revenge. With this overwhelming Ressentiment, he produced an even greater conflagration than his petty minded hatred of things European. In short, he was incompetent and unfit for the position he had, and even Winston Churchill had his frequent doubts about him ("Do you want me to beg like Fala?")". --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.672 / Virus Database: 434 - Release Date: 4/28/2004 -=x=- Skontrolované antivírovým programom NOD32