More from Nobel Prize winning economist Krugman on Obama emulating FDR

[syndicalist]

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[hypocrisyetal]

Are you kidding? FDR prolonged the depression and got us into a war with Germany when it was the Japanese who attacked us!

[syndicalist]

The US should've stayed out of Europe in WWII?

German subs sank US ships in the Atlantic taking supplies to besieged England, btw. And Japanese vessels etc would have German advisers The two were allies. Have you heard of the Wannsee Conference or Tripartite Pact? Germany declared war on the US, not vice versa:

1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US

Germany and Italy have announced they are at war with the United States. America immediately responded by declaring war on the two Axis powers.

Three days ago, US President Franklin Roosevelt announced America was at war with Japan, the third Axis power, following the surprise attack on its naval base at Pearl Harbor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_3532000/3532401.stm

As far as FDR making the Great Depression last longer, I'll go with the Nobel Prize economist above instead of you for the time being if you don't mind.

[hypocrisyetal]

That second part was just a joke.

[psylum_atla]

Oh come off it, the numbers don't lie. You're free to have your own opinions, but not make up your own reality.

[syndicalist]

A Lincoln-FDR-Obama Photoshop graphic/montage (?) would be cool.

Hardcore JFK fans would probably be pissed JFK wasn't in there but me, personally, I think JFK has always been overrated ... *ducks*

[syndicalist]

JFK created the Peace Corps, slept with Marilyn Monroe, started the Vietnam War ... and then got killed. So he's never quite measured up for me .... *cough*