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bucolic_frolic

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3. With orbs wide open

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 10:28 AM

Feb 2020

Nigel Hamilton's FDR at war trilogy blew my mind with things I never knew. The British Empire was fading - dissolving. Churchill was a great spiritual leader but his military strategies ended in disaster after disaster. FDR controlled Allied strategy globally. Canadian PM MacKenzie King was a close FDR friend. Morgenthau an FDR neighbor. MacArthur shook down Philippine President for 500k.

Hitler is old socks. A greater tell might be Trump contemporary strongman cabal because none of them like democracy - it's bad for incumbents.

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The Parallels are not a coincidence... they are a feature [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2020 OP

Churchill went against the grain. Kid Berwyn Feb 2020 #1

Excellent graphic. k&r n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #2

With orbs wide open bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #3

K&R 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4

The only way this fascist rollout can be stopped is with Action. Not law talk. Only law enforcement. ancianita Feb 2020 #5

K&R for visibility. crickets Feb 2020 #6

After the gold rush struggle4progress Feb 2020 #7

I clicked the wrong "reply" -- response below should have been here. :) Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #9

Trump's copy of Hitler's speeches may be the only book he's ever liked. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #8