A brutal foreign war displaces millions, many of them clamoring for refuge in America. In the midst of the crisis, an American presidential candidate warns the nation that it faces “new methods of attack. The Trojan Horse. The Fifth Column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery. Spies, saboteurs and traitors are the actors in this new strategy.” That wasn’t Donald Trump’s latest verbal assault on Syria’s war refugees. Those words were spoken 75 years ago by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he moved towards a third term in office. Fears of a Trojan horse in the form of foreign refugees of war kept the nation from saving the lives of 190,000 innocent people.
And in February 1942, Roosevelt had ordered the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans…
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Barking In The Dark
Nice to see his personality come through so well on this clip. A generally good leader.
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Posted by zumpoems | August 18, 2017, 8:02 amA great leader. continue…
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Posted by barkinginthedark | August 18, 2017, 2:11 pmFDR was one not to mince words, he just told it like it is…
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Posted by A Pondering Mind | July 19, 2017, 4:23 pmi agree Don ….wholeheartedly. he is my hero. thanx. continue…
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Posted by barkinginthedark | July 19, 2017, 5:03 pmA brutal foreign war displaces millions, many of them clamoring for refuge in America. In the midst of the crisis, an American presidential candidate warns the nation that it faces “new methods of attack. The Trojan Horse. The Fifth Column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery. Spies, saboteurs and traitors are the actors in this new strategy.” That wasn’t Donald Trump’s latest verbal assault on Syria’s war refugees. Those words were spoken 75 years ago by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he moved towards a third term in office. Fears of a Trojan horse in the form of foreign refugees of war kept the nation from saving the lives of 190,000 innocent people.
And in February 1942, Roosevelt had ordered the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans…
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Posted by transtime | July 19, 2017, 4:16 pm