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...Should Bush Say He's Sorry? Columnist Charles Krauthammer's "The Trouble with Apologies" [April 26] missed the point. As Krauthammer stated, Franklin Roosevelt did not apologize for Pearl Harbor, Harry Truman did not apologize for dropping atom bombs, and Bill Clinton did not apologize for the Oklahoma City bombing. But those men did not pre-emptively launch a war against another country. By invading Iraq unnecessarily, by misleading the American public about the WMD threat of Saddam Hussein and his so-called ties to al-Qaeda, Bush put American lives at risk and U.S. influence on the line...
Federal authorities quickly apprehended the eight saboteurs, all of whom were wearing civilian clothing at the time. On July 2, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established a military commission to try them. Six of the eight, including the 22-year-old Haupt, were executed; one was sentenced to life imprisonment; and one was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment...
During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt disagreed with the military's decision to censor newsreels because he was worried that the public might get apathetic. What the New York Times wrote then remains true today: "Government propaganda is conflicting, confused, and hydra-headed ... it pulls in opposite directions, often on the same...
...hands of its pro-business wing, which rules it still. Although Roosevelt cowed Wilson, by splitting the Republican vote he made a Democratic victory inevitable. But Roosevelt's campaign positions on monopolies also forced Wilson into more aggressive postures toward business, which emerged fully in the policies of Franklin Roosevelt...
Garcia recalls that when she directed the Franklin I-O camp last year, “Franklin Love” was the theme of many camp activities, and this year’s Franklin I-O directors say that “love” is still the best word to describe the camp...