Response to Beyond Downing Street by Bud Beck: "But the memo being unimportant? No, there I could not disagree with you more. It is as significant as if (hypothetically) a memo was discovered that proved that FDR knew about Pearl Harbor in advance, and purposely did nothing (which apparently did not happen) or the equivalent revelation that LBJ knew at the time that the Tonkin Gulf incident never happened, but let Congress go ahead and drive us into the Vietnam War (oops, we know from his tapes that actually was the case!). You see? Our view of history can be sharply altered by having something concrete to resolve forever the belief that the American people were lied to.
Because of this memo I believe this President will be forever remembered as a liar and an ideologue. To me that is a pretty significant thing."
BG: PBU25
BG: Sorry to burst your bubble, but the FDR Admin did know about and did purposely do nothing about Pearl Harbor.
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