"Lindy" Again on Dangers to America
By James T. Moore (03/07/07)
As you might suppose, I was anxious to hear the rest of Charles Lindbergh’s story about his fears for America’s future. So, at an appropriate time, I again time-traveled into the past. And there I found the famous flyer, sitting in an easy chair, sipping tea, waiting for me. To avoid any confusion, I bring you this second interview in his exact words.
MOORE: Hello, Mister Lindbergh. Nice to see you again, sir. Last time, we were discussing how America was being drawn into war by certain groups. You started to identify them. Can we continue with that?
LINDBERGH: “Let us consider these groups one at a time. The three most important groups who have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration.”
MOORE: Really? How did you come to that conclusion?
LINDBERGH: “England is now in a desperate position. Her population is not large enough and her armies are not strong enough to invade Europe and win the war against Germany. If England can draw this country into the war she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it, and paying its cost.”
MOORE: I must admit the logic makes some sense.
LINDBERGH: “We know that England is spending great sums of money for propaganda in America during the present war. If we were Englishmen, we would do the same. But our interest is first in America.”
MOORE: No objection from me on that one.
LINDBERGH: “The second major group is the Jewish. No person with a sense of dignity can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany. But no person of honesty and vision can look upon their pro-war policy without seeing the dangers in such a policy for us and for them."
MOORE: How do you think the Jewish policy should change?
LINDBERGH: “Instead of agitating for war, they should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences.”
MOORE: You sound quite adamant about this.
LINDBERGH: “I am not attacking the British or the Jewish people. Both races, I admire. But I am saying that
the leaders of both the Jewish and the British races, for reasons which are not American, wish to involve us in the war.”
MOORE: But with all due respect, can we blame them?
LINGBERGH: “We cannot blame them for looking out for what they believe to be their own interest. But we also must look out for ours.”
MOORE: You mentioned three groups. What’s the third?
LINDBERGH: “The Roosevelt administration is the third powerful group which has been carrying us toward war.”
MOORE: How so?
LINDBERGH: “Its members have used the war emergency to obtain a third presidential term. They have used the war to add unlimited billions to the debt. And they have just used the war to justify the restriction of congressional power, and assumption of dictatorial procedures on the part of the president and his appointees.”
MOORE: Sounds like an awfully big load to be carrying.
LINDBERGH: “The power of the Roosevelt administration depends upon the maintenance of a wartime emergency. The danger of the Roosevelt administration lies in its subterfuge. While its members have promised us peace, they have led us to war heedless of the platform upon which they were elected.”
MOORE: Well, what in your opinion, sir, could keep us from getting involved in this second World War?
LINDBERGH: “If any one of these groups-—the British, the Jewish, or the administration—-stops agitating for war, I believe there will be little danger of our involvement.”
MOORE: Well, I must say, these talks with you, sir, have been most informative and educational. I’m sure all Americans join me in thanking you for your time and comments. Good afternoon, Lindy..and God bless America.
PLEASE NOTE: These two talks with Lindbergh were, of course, fictional. But Lindbergh’s responses were not. I purposely formed the questions to evoke the exact words that Lindbergh spoke 70 years ago. Sounds much like today, doesn’t it?
James T. Moore
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