Nov 16, 2008
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Jonathan Dresner - 11/17/2008
And?
Jonathan Dresner - 11/17/2008
I'm going to go back to my original question: what was the point of posting this video clip? I tell my students all the time that primary sources are not self-evident proofs, especially without explanation.
Is this a critique of Roosevelt, and if so, on what grounds?
Mark Brady - 11/17/2008
As Jonathan is aware, or at least I hope he is aware, individual self-interest is not the same thing as national or group self-interest.
Mark Brady - 11/17/2008
And how about "Russian/Soviet interests"? My recollection is that those interests came out of the Second World War not only intact but in a much stronger position than they went in.
Jonathan Dresner - 11/17/2008
I thought you libertarians were all about self-interest as a guiding principle.
Mark Brady - 11/17/2008
And what precisely are these "American interests"? And why should they always rank higher than "Japanese interests" and "German interests" however defined?
Jonathan Dresner - 11/17/2008
True. The Japanese and Germans were never any threat to American interests, right? If we'd have been properly isolationist, no problem. Never would have been a problem; all would be right with the world now.
David T. Beito - 11/17/2008
Well....Roosevelt provoked the attack by embargoing Japanese oil and other goods. He also did his best provoke an attack from Hitler in the North Atlantic.
Jonathan Dresner - 11/16/2008
Seems clear enough. Was there a point?