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Originally posted by Stefan:
Lindburg was against the war, fair enough, he is entitled to his opinion (actually to be blunt most Americans were anti-war before Pearl Harbour, didn't care too much about the battering Europe was taking, it was a revenge thing.
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The trouble with Lindburg wasn't so much that he was anti-war, it was that he was seen as pro-Nazi and anti-semitic. Here's a part of one of his speech's
"Instead of agitating for war, Jews in this country should be opposing it in every way, for they will be the first to feel its consequences. Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation. ... Large Jewish ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government constitute a great danger to our country."