German Nazis, Italian Fascists, and Japanese militarists — all had grievances. They sought to redress those grievances — and gain power — through war and conquest. President Roosevelt’s response was not to pursue “conflict resolution.” His goal was to defeat them — utterly and unconditionally. (After that, the U.S. could — and would — assist in a robust reconstruction effort.)Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Roosevelt understood, too, that he was not fighting one war in Europe, another war in the Pacific, and a third in North Africa. He grasped that these were separate theaters in a single struggle to defend the West, to protect the fragile democratic experiment from those aiming to destroy it.
Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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