"clifto" wrote in message
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http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/psf/box37/a340gg02.html tells a
different story, and it's straight from the horse's mouth.

Huh. I thought Kennedy first offered to resign in October. He did come to
the US in October, but he says his first attempt at resignation was
November. I checked my copy of "A Man Called Intrepid" and it confirms my
memory that the Brits were relaying their spying on Kennedy to Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was not only hearing about his chief appeaser, but also Kennedy's
big political talk such as his statement that he could swing the entire
Irish Catholic vote to Wilkie. However, I never really trust these spy
books. Still, it seems credible, given the rest of Kennedy's activities.

I don't remember where I heard that one of the benefits of letting Joe
Kennedy take the ambassadorship to England is that it would give Roosevelt a
clear field in Democratic politics. Again, it seems credible, but I can't
back it up.



I learned it long ago from dead-trees editions. Can't find anything on
the web in the few minutes I have, but I found this interesting even
if it's not an answer:

http://hnn.us/articles/697.html
"The Nazi ambassador subsequently told his bosses that Kennedy was
"Germany's best friend" in London."

Yep. I wouldn't be suprised if Kennedy was doing business with the Nazis,
but I'd be curious to know if he was making more money in importing scotch
and gin from England.

It is curious that Kennedy is quoted in a letter to Charles Lindberg
bemoaning Kennedy's fear that bad PR events such as Kristalnacht might
derail the efforts to save western civilization. It's unclear from the
letter whether Kennedy had a closer connection to the Nazis than Charles
Lindberg. Had Kennedy had a closer connection, I'm sure he'd have advised
the Nazis to be more diplomatic.



The general consensus was that they'd just finished the War To End All
Wars. No one could have justified much in the way of military spending
under the circumstances.

Yeah, there really wasn't much debating it in the post WW1 world.



Whoever it was, the only thing that stands out as certain is that the
anti-war movement was beyond logical thought, i.e. they wanted to avoid
war no matter what the cost.

The Nazi sympathizers would have had no logical reason to go to war with the
Nazis. The Fortress America types would have tried to substitue a cold war
for a hot war. Appeasment is a logical solution in a hopeless situation.
However, the appeasers underestimated their countrymen and overestimated
their enemy.


Liberalism is a religion. Its god is power, its pope is the President.
They work hard to force the world to live by their religion and no
other, for only their god can control the proletariat. Having a Pope
of the wrong faith is an extreme apostasy, and such a travesty makes
them hate the Pope for pretending to be of the One True Faith and
trying to commune with the Power God.


Cool. I think I'll be a liberal next Halloween.

Trick or Treat!

Frank Dresser