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Originally posted by holtjv
Pretty amazing. I have, of course, heard of Butler but had no idea of his activism. Kind of reminds you of Gen Zinny, who is nearly as outspoken.
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Those opposing the involvement by the US government in worldwide warfare were among the formost of classic liberals (i.e. Thomas Jefferson's philosophy) and the old right. Roosevelt's forced entry into World War Two not only silenced them, he nearly erased them from the history books.
For example, there's
Defend America First: The Antiwar Editorials of the Saturday Evening Post, 1939-1942 which is a compendium of articles by Garet Garrett, a militant opponent of the Rooseveltian fascists. Another compendium of Garrett's work is
Salvos Against the New Deal, of earlier editorials.