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Originally Posted by acrylix
Truman was commander of an artillery regiment in France at the end of World War I. He wasn't happy about the ceasefire, and his unit continued firing into German positions after the armistice had been signed at 5am on 11/11/1918. The ceasefire didn't technically take effect until 11am. A quote from Harry Truman in a letter he wrote that day:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistle...s/pg13_txt.htm |
What would you expect from someone who spent the last 4 years watching his friends being torn up by shells and bullets? Love letters?
War makes monsters of the best of men, it doesn't mean they stay that way...
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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris
And also for those who dont know,Truman was responsible for creation of communist china because he didnt wanted to help previous government against Japan occupator and that resulted in communist victory against government who was too weak to deal with it.
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This is ridiculous.. with this logic Roosevelt was responsible for ww2 because he didn't stop hitler from coming to power... Presidents aren't required to help every country in need, expecting that is insane.