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JAD

(187 posts) Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:22 PM Mar 2020

Remember when FDR told the Governors of the U.S. to

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fight World War Two on their own? After all, he reasoned, the government is not a shipping clerk. If only they had been more appreciative.

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Remember when FDR told the Governors of the U.S. to (Original Post) JAD Mar 2020 OP

Remember it well, along with ... sorcrow Mar 2020 #1

I remember him saying "I know more about war than the generals" thucythucy Mar 2020 #2

sorcrow

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1. Remember it well, along with ...

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Sun Mar 29, 2020, 11:55 PM

Mar 2020

All we have to fear are bad ratings for my fireside chats.

Regards,
Crow

thucythucy

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2. I remember him saying "I know more about war than the generals"

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Mon Mar 30, 2020, 12:06 AM

Mar 2020

and then called General Tojo to ask if it was true the Japanese navy had bombed Pearl Harbor.

"General Tojo and Admiral Yamamoto both denied it, and I believe them. All these reports about a Japanese attack are fake news."

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