While Hitler was killing 20 million Europeans, why did FDR do nothing until Hitler declared war on the US ?

Question

Do you think it was because as a devote liberal, FDR:

Was too busy with his 30+ socialist programs to notice.

or

Had spent too much money on his 30+ social programs to have any money left over to help

or

Like the attitude of liberals today, the Germans who had been vidtimized by the Treaty of Versailles weren't killing us so why should he care

some polisci - you're the jackass if you are not familiar with the treaty that ended WWI. Read it jackass and you'll see why people who actually know what they're talking about (unlike you) understand it's severe restrictions to Germany's ability to fully function as an independent country and protect itself are considered to be the main reasons for Hitlers rise to power. Do you liberals know anything except what a crapo-frocko-choco cost at the local starsucks?

summerbreeze - what is that the name of what you have hooked up to your arm all day? You are such a priceless lemming "it wasn't 20 million, it was only 11-12 million". But hey sweetie, let's make sure we yell 2,500 at the top of out lungs. What an absolute joke liberals have become (in the last 65 years).

Roy P you forgot the most famous of all the Nazi sympathizers. Joseph P. "I made my money selling illegal booze" Kennedy. He lost his ambassors gig he was so blatant in his support for the Nazi's.

Really, someone flew across the atlantic solo? When? I'm not a dumb*ss liberal Roy. I know who the hell Charles Lindbergh was.

warstartsw/d...I know why you think I should answer that question. Because you're not smart enough to answer mine.

Answer 1

We entered WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, not because Hitler declared war on America, it was common knowledge that Hitler wanted to take over the world. It wasn't 20 million people it was 11-12 million. if you really want to place the blame anywhere but the Nazis and Fascists then you should blame France and Britain and the other Allies that attend the Munich Conference. It was here that the policy of appeasement was applied towards Hitler. Appeasement if you don't know is the act of giving in to enemies in order to avoid war. Britain and France allowed hitler to take over the Rhineland and it was only after hitler's invasion of Poland that the rest of Europe declared war. Also the blame lies with the individals that lived in areas surrounding the concentration camps that swore after the war that they had no idea what was going on in their backyards (as if the smell of rotting and burning flesh isn't and obvious give away!!) and FDR's New Deal Programs helped to pull us out of the Great Depression as opposed to Hoover who didn't try to help the unemployed and starving people that were being thrown from their homes!

Answer 2

You are very wrong in thinking that FDR did nothing until December 8, 1941. (The day war was declared). Roosevellt had done the Lend Lease program to provide Great Britain with war supplies. Without those supplies, Britain may well have fallen. Roosevelt was limited in what he could do because there was a large element in this country (mainly Republicans) who felt that the United States should not be involved. There were quite a few Nazi sympathizers in this country, one of the most notable being Charles Lindbergh, the first to fly an airplane solo non stop across the Atlantic.

Roosevelt worked closely with Churchill and eventually Stalin to defeat Hitler in World War II. Roosevelt was not like the liberals of today. In fact, Ronald Reagan was a Democrat during Roosevelt's time, becoming a Republican when the Democrats moved away from the ideas that were Franklin Roosevelt's

Answer 3

I think FDR didn't do anything because he was to busy making money off the Britains with the lend lease act. We allegedly were not in the war yet we had our govt. supply the allies with all kinds of weapons. I believe that with the money this act provided FDR did in fact use to pay for so many of the programs he established. You could be right the fact that he was a liberal didn't give him enough time to step in to help the jews but remember that when the ghettos were first being set in Germany and all through out Europe the US turned down a boat full of refugees. I also believe FDR did know something because a) he was involved in the war unofficially helping the mother country and B)he was involved in many of the meetings between the allies and Hitler's enemiesmust have uncovered or at least must have commented on the concentration camps that had been settled. My final thought is that FDR knew and made the decision that he shouldn't get involved. Though for the US war really started on DEc. 7. 1941 in which FDR declared "a day of infamy" he didn't do anything in the previous years to help the jews until after the war.

Answer 4

The OP is an obvious jerkoff, redneck, lowbrow, piece of Conservative filth.

The real answer to his question is that the actual mass killing of peoples by the Nazis didn't start until after the United States was already at war with Nazi Germany. After that we used all of our European forces to end the war as quickly as possible and thereby stop the killing.

Answer 5

At the time the US was a very apathetic country, especially towards world affairs that didn't seem to directly concern us. Plus, we didn't really know about the holocaust until at or near the very end of WWII in Europe. So the inaction wasn't entirely FDR's fault.

Answer 6

It was generally unknown that there were mass murders going on until late 1941, just as the US was entering the war. Also, the US was extremely isolationist at the time, and FDR was facing strong opposition even to his lend-lease program, much less entering the war.

Answer 7

The same reason Bush has done nothing Darfur. the US has nothing to gain from it

Besides, Hitler didn't kill 20 million people in Europe before the US got involved. Learn some history, jackass.

How exactly were the Germans vicitimized?

Answer 8

You are ignorant. Fact is at the time America had become isolationist. They did nothing becuase it was in Europe and had no effect on America. Again you might know this if you did any kind of work in High School. I would say college, but that would be giving you too much credit.

Answer 9

Because Americans and their congressmen were doing everything in their power to stay out of the war. The President was simply bowing to the will of the people and nothing more. No shame in that, hindsight is always 20/20.

Answer 10

Actually the reason lies with that he did not want to side with either the allies or germans/japanese/italians. The American people did not want another war and believed that the germans would leave america alone. Actually FDR wanted to join the war to help the allies.