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The thing that is just too effing ironic is that the guy who negotiated with the Egyptians in ‘52, ran the coup in Iran in ‘53, and inspired the efforts in Guatemala in ‘54… was the son of FDR, and FDR was the man who the Guatemalan leader we ousted in ‘54 modeled his ‘socialist’ position after.

Sparkie,

“Ironic” is probably a good deal less substantive an adjective than is called for.  Even “paradoxical” doesn’t convey the full impact.

What his says to me is that FDR was a good deal more radical leftwing in his policies than he has since been given credit for being… an appraisal buoyed by the fact that the Great Depression lasted at least six years longer than it should have, conquered, finally by massive increase in US industrial production necessitated by the US entry into WWII.

The US would have been a lot better of economically, and a lot sooner too, if we had rejected those socialist policies in the 1930s, rather than waiting until the mid 1950s to oppose them.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

spark, once again you give us irrefutable proof that your Party, the Democrat Party, supports terrorists. Thanks.

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spark, once again you give us irrefutable proof that your Party, the Democrat Party, supports terrorists. Thanks.

you didn’t catch nixon in that clip? i didn’t know he was a democrat?

Crap. I was posting and lost it. F-ING updates!!!

spark, long story short, you are boohooing to me that a Roosevelt set up a socialist aimed operation. What’s your point?

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