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In reply to the discussion: Obama didn't stop the war on Syrians, WE DID. By we, I mean the peace advocates on this board, and [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)142. You opening a new chapter of the America First Committee?
The America First Committee launched a petition aimed at enforcing the 1939 Neutrality Act and forcing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to keep his pledge to keep America out of the war. They profoundly distrusted Roosevelt, arguing that he was lying to the American people.
On the day after Roosevelt's lend-lease bill was submitted to the United States Congress, Wood promised AFC opposition "with all the vigor it can exert." America First staunchly opposed the convoying of ships, the Atlantic Charter, and the placing of economic pressure on Japan. In order to achieve the defeat of lend-lease and the perpetuation of American neutrality, the AFC advocated four basic principles:
The United States must build an impregnable defense for America.
No foreign power, nor group of powers, can successfully attack a prepared America.
American democracy can be preserved only by keeping out of the European war.
"Aid short of war" weakens national defense at home and threatens to involve America in war abroad.
On June 20, 1941 Lindbergh spoke to a rally in Los Angeles billed as "Peace and Preparedness Mass Meeting". In his speech of that day, Lindbergh criticized those movements which he perceived were leading America into the war. He proclaimed that the United States was in a position that made it virtually impregnable and he pointed out that when interventionists said "the defense of England" they really meant "defeat of Germany." Lindbergh's presence at the Hollywood Bowl rally was overshadowed, however, by the presence of fringe elements in the crowd.
Nothing did more to escalate the tensions than the speech he delivered to a rally in Des Moines, Iowa on September 11, 1941. In that speech he identified the forces pulling America into the war as the British, the Roosevelt administration, and the Jews. While he expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews in Germany, he argued that America's entry into the war would serve them little better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Committee
On the day after Roosevelt's lend-lease bill was submitted to the United States Congress, Wood promised AFC opposition "with all the vigor it can exert." America First staunchly opposed the convoying of ships, the Atlantic Charter, and the placing of economic pressure on Japan. In order to achieve the defeat of lend-lease and the perpetuation of American neutrality, the AFC advocated four basic principles:
The United States must build an impregnable defense for America.
No foreign power, nor group of powers, can successfully attack a prepared America.
American democracy can be preserved only by keeping out of the European war.
"Aid short of war" weakens national defense at home and threatens to involve America in war abroad.
On June 20, 1941 Lindbergh spoke to a rally in Los Angeles billed as "Peace and Preparedness Mass Meeting". In his speech of that day, Lindbergh criticized those movements which he perceived were leading America into the war. He proclaimed that the United States was in a position that made it virtually impregnable and he pointed out that when interventionists said "the defense of England" they really meant "defeat of Germany." Lindbergh's presence at the Hollywood Bowl rally was overshadowed, however, by the presence of fringe elements in the crowd.
Nothing did more to escalate the tensions than the speech he delivered to a rally in Des Moines, Iowa on September 11, 1941. In that speech he identified the forces pulling America into the war as the British, the Roosevelt administration, and the Jews. While he expressed sympathy for the plight of the Jews in Germany, he argued that America's entry into the war would serve them little better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Committee
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Obama didn't stop the war on Syrians, WE DID. By we, I mean the peace advocates on this board, and [View all]
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
OP
I can. Most were for isolationism, no pressure on Assad, no care about arms bans
uhnope
Sep 2013
#69
FOX, RW & other Obama opponents are siding with Russia now. Forums here often the same
uhnope
Sep 2013
#144
"Most were for isolationism," time for the bullshit flag. Who here was for "isolationism"?
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#158
First of all, most here were against the bombing. Does that mean they were all
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#216
I didn't say "all" I said "many" expressed isolationism and I stand by that and my other points
uhnope
Sep 2013
#220
let's not party untill they pry the 'I don't have/I didn't use poison gas' from Assads control
Sunlei
Sep 2013
#2
He is not bowing to pressure and may yet still strike as Kerry said today
The Straight Story
Sep 2013
#10
If he had concerns about depleted uranium, Obama could have indicted Cheney and Rumsfeld
truedelphi
Sep 2013
#87
The Civil War Redux has already started and it isnt between the D's and R's.
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#199
Bahahaha!! And now we get to it. Hey, don't feel bad. Time named you person of the year one time
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#12
nobody's idolizing him. I'm mocking the OP for how petulant and attention-starved he sounded
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#41
Yes and some think that posting in American political forums is a great way to effect public opinion
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#178
I love it he was elected. I gave money,volunteered, and voted both times
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#83
I imagine for the next two months, there will be many groups claiming credit.
LanternWaste
Sep 2013
#20
Comparing a special ops mission to kill a renegade outlaw in a country not his own
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#95
pray you don't get a fucking jackass in the WH who couldn't care less about human life (Bush)
Pretzel_Warrior
Sep 2013
#35
There's been a surge reported in people showing up in ER's with dislocated shoulders...
KinMd
Sep 2013
#45
I think we actually should be thanking the aide of Obama's who took that critical walk with him
pnwmom
Sep 2013
#46
It's not over by a long shot. Now more than ever, we need to be glued like hawks
Catherina
Sep 2013
#58
I don't care who gets credit for it. As long as we don't have to bomb another nation I'm glad.
dballance
Sep 2013
#67
How much "genius" did Obama need to notice that Syria was a political doomsday plan
rocktivity
Sep 2013
#70
I guess if we want it enough, we'll understand the role of, "We, the People"
MrMickeysMom
Sep 2013
#84
Jesus stopped the war in Syria just as it was foretold in the Bible Code
Snake Plissken
Sep 2013
#94
For this to be true, then you are also responsible for the russian and syrian parts
pasto76
Sep 2013
#102
If he had no intention of doing it in the first place, then he's a liar, and destabilized the ME on
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#125
It's kinda like gay marriage - we had to drag him kicking and screaming to support that too.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#132
I'm not sure it's been stopped. I suspect we're in a holding pattern until
winter is coming
Sep 2013
#139
Obama always says it isn't about him, it's about us.We're the ones who are supposed to change things
judesedit
Sep 2013
#149
HAHAHA, no, like a farmer taking responsibility for his loose chicken-hawks;)
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#169
The "hens" here being the people in the Obama Admin & the State Dept, of course.
baldguy
Sep 2013
#197
"DU's Combustible Hair Club" - I'm laughing so hard, had to gasp for air...thanks :) n/t
Sheepshank
Sep 2013
#235
This thread has to be the biggest pile of crap I have ever read on DU, the holier than thou bunch
Thinkingabout
Sep 2013
#204
I'm pissed he didn't mention the military industrial complex, or oil company interests.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#241