ORIGINAL: ernieschwitz
ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung
It was used by Roosevelt - no stinking 60 PP per turn for him!
FDR
In truth, it can be construed that way. However there was an amount of lobbying too. However if the analog is to be made for FDR and Japan, I must mention that USA defended that piece of land with vigour, and that they might well have fought Japan alone, and never attacked Germany, had it not been for the fact that Hitler DOW'ed USA a few days later. ...
Please note that in early 1941 the USN (Navy) began attacking German U-Boats in open waters in violation of all neutrality laws. Germany would have been
within it's rights to declare war at that time but did not because it did not want war with the USA. It HONORED it's treaty with Japan and declared war
on the USA (although they had requested Japan not attack the USA).
Also note the USA declared war on Germany BEFORE Germany declared war on the USA (December 8th 1941).
As far as Finland is concerned if the USA had kept the Finish army instead of disbanding it we (the USSR) would not feel the need to take Finland. I think FDR
used the "fear" we Soviets had that someone else would take Finland to initiate it's end of Isolationism.
