Trump really nails it!

[DonGlock26]

History is chock full of bad people.

Was FDR a monster?

 

[pknopp]

Was FDR a monster?

It would be nice to know the full truth surrounding that time frame. It was undefendable what he did to Americans simply because of their ancestry.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Biden and Trump and the rest of the world are behind on Gaza.

Move!

Tell Israel and the world we will kill Hamas later.

Now we are going to feed Gaza.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

It would be nice to know the full truth surrounding that time frame. It was undefendable what he did to Americans simply because of their ancestry.

Just like Trump is.

 

[DonGlock26]

It would be nice to know the full truth surrounding that time frame. It was undefendable what he did to Americans simply because of their ancestry.

He blockaded Japan and starved kids.

 

[BULLDOG]

FDR blocked food to Japanese children. Did that make him a terrorist?

we put them in internment camps. we have since acknowledged that was terribly wrong

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

He blockaded Japan and starved kids.

Horse crap.

 

[The Duke]

Horse crap.

No, that happened.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

No, that happened.

When?

 

[The Duke]

When?

1944-45.
"The JCS reached a highly unstable compromise merging these two strategies in April 1945. The ongoing Navy-preferred strategy of blockade (and air and sea bombardment) would continue at greater intensity until November 1945. It then would be joined by the army vision: a two-phase initial invasion of Japan (Operation DOWNFALL) aimed first at southern Kyushu about 1 November (Operations OLYMPIC) and second at the Tokyo region about 1 March 1946 (Operation CORONET)."

No Recipe for Victory

Invasion or Blockade? American Army and Navy planners debated how to vanquish Japan during World War II's final weeks.

www.nationalww2museum.org

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

It was war, The Duke, and since you have no empathy for anyone or anything, why do you bring this up?

Yes, many Japanese children suffered from hunger and malnutrition during World War II, and the Allied blockade played a significant role in worsening food scarcity.

Key Factors Behind the Starvation:

• Allied Blockade & Operation Starvation: The U.S. launched a mining campaign in 1945 that crippled Japan’s shipping routes. Known as Operation Starvation, it disrupted the import of essential goods, including food and fuel, and forced Japan to abandon 35 of its 47 key convoy routes.
• Food Rationing & Urban Hardship: By 1945, urban residents in Tokyo and Nagoya were consuming as little as 1,354–1,405 calories per day. Rice, meat, fish, and oil were strictly rationed, and many families struggled to feed their children.
• Evacuation & Foraging: Over a million children were evacuated to the countryside. While some lived with relatives, others were placed in schools with scarce food supplies. Children resorted to foraging for wild vegetables, insects, and small animals to survive.
• Thievery & Desperation: As conditions worsened, theft became more common—especially among children. They stole food, clothing, and money, often because they were more likely to get away with it.

Historical Reflection: Firsthand accounts from survivors describe seeing starved teenagers dying in the streets. These stories, preserved in Japanese newspapers and memoirs, paint a vivid picture of the suffering endured by civilians—especially the young—during the final years of the war.

If you’re exploring this from a symbolic or policy angle, I can help connect it to broader themes of wartime resilience, civilian cost, or postwar recovery. Want to look at how Japan rebuilt its food systems after the war?

 

[pknopp]

It was war, The Duke, and since you have no empathy for anyone or anything, why do you bring this up?

War is largely a failure in leadership.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

War is largely a failure in leadership.

Any more sophomoric observations?

 

[pknopp]

Any more sophomoric observations?

Facts seem to bother people.

 

[MayorQuimby]

Facts seem to bother people.

Dude, you thought that any white man who killed a black man should automatically get a murder charge.

"Facts" are as foreign to you as a woman's naked body.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Facts seem to bother people.

Your opinion is not factual.

 

[pknopp]

Dude, you thought that any white man who killed a black man should automatically get a murder charge.

"Facts" are as foreign to you as a woman's naked body.

Bugger off with your strawmen.

 

[pknopp]

Your opinion is not factual.

Facts are facts. War is the result of failed leaders.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Facts are facts. War is the result of failed leaders.

Your opinion is not a fact.

Do you have facts to support your opinion?

 

[pknopp]

Your opinion is not a fact.

Do you have facts to support your opinion?

Other than war results from failed leadership?

And or lies.