tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post5544839911367768835..comments2024-03-22T17:05:55.267-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: Why Won't President Obama Tell us the Truth about Keeping our Doctors?Michael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-59728767618660701032013-11-15T06:54:02.050-05:002013-11-15T06:54:02.050-05:00Nobody can conclusively prove what would have happ...Nobody can conclusively prove what would have happened if USA was 100% neutral in WW II (or if Britain and France had stayed out of the war also.) If all 3 had stayed out, likely Hitler would have overrun most of Eastern Europe and then he would have attacked USSR (and who knows what would have happened then.)<br /> If USA alone had stayed neutral (i.e. Hoover's June 1941 position), the ultimate unknown again would have been the Hitler-Stalin slugfest. I would bet on a draw, with Hitler keeping much of the Ukraine. (Recall 1812.)<br /> FDR of course intervened, and left nothing to chance. We ended up getting 50 years of Communism instead of 50 (++/-- ??) years of Hitlerism. I don't think FDR was acting for moral or patriotic or pragmatic reasons; rather I believe that he was a front man for a group of global power brokers.<br /> We didn't need to intervene in the Napoleonic wars or in the Franco-Prussian war. We didn't need to intervene in WW I. And I think Hoover was right about letting Stalin and Hitler destroy themselves, while we armed ourselves to the teeth and stayed neutral.<br />(the radical libertarian surgeon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-66714626212920236612013-11-14T18:11:53.089-05:002013-11-14T18:11:53.089-05:00To the pseudo-anonymous commenter above, appreciat...To the pseudo-anonymous commenter above, appreciate your honesty. Have you considered what the world may have endured, and could still be suffering, had Hitler and his allies prevailed? The cost of our involvement was enormous. This must be balanced, of course, against the cost of standing aside. Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-75035443860871927882013-11-11T23:44:50.499-05:002013-11-11T23:44:50.499-05:00Dr Kirsch, in answer to your question, no, I don&#...Dr Kirsch, in answer to your question, no, I don't think we should have gotten involved in WW II. Yes, Hitler was bad, real bad -- no argument there. But we crushed Japan and Nazi Germany, at a great cost to ourselves, only to leave Stalin and Mao supremely triumphant (and then obligate ourselves to 50 years of expensive cold-war containment. China is still communist.) I agree with Hoover that we should have let Stalin and Hitler annihilate themselves, while arming ourselves to the teeth on the sidelines (Hoover publicly took that position in summer of 1941.) The great majority of Americans wanted to stay out of WW I and II -- that was the traditional American position, articulated by all of our founding fathers: stay out of foreign wars, especially European ones. December 7, 1941 made that traditional position a distant memory. We have been monkeying around the world ever since, and doing ourselves no favors in the process.<br />(Since you don't like "anonymous", I will assume the name "Radical Libertarian Surgeon" for the purposes of your website.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-11360679558706932772013-11-11T14:40:06.775-05:002013-11-11T14:40:06.775-05:00I state openly in the post, dg, that I am not call...I state openly in the post, dg, that I am not calling the president a liar, although this is arguable as it seems clearer that he knew that many folks would not be able to to keep their plans and physicians. Assuming the president did not knowingly repeat a falsehood dozens of times, it it inarguable that the promised was 100% false. The president and others should have admitted this publicly, rather than have the president issue an anemic 'apology' in the 'mistakes were made' mode. CBS on 60 Minutes last night offered a much more contrite apology last eve regarding their Benghazi error, which serves as a better model of accepting personal responsibility. Some felt that 60 minutes still fell short on the mea culpa, but I was satisfied. Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-47673545462796097832013-11-11T14:22:18.046-05:002013-11-11T14:22:18.046-05:00http://penigma.blogspot.com/2013/11/bi-numbers.htm...http://penigma.blogspot.com/2013/11/bi-numbers.html<br /><br />Look at the numbers. Obama may have generalized, but he did not lie.dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-40079870215787231572013-11-11T13:51:26.727-05:002013-11-11T13:51:26.727-05:00I'll consider you 'on the fence' regar...I'll consider you 'on the fence' regarding FDR. Do you think it served us and humanity that we participated in WW II? Can presidents lead us to a war that serves our interest by being truthful?Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-35313833315410512432013-11-11T07:14:26.009-05:002013-11-11T07:14:26.009-05:00You mentioned FDR's famous promise. I recomme...You mentioned FDR's famous promise. I recommend you read Herbert Hoover's "Freedom Betrayed" and Harry Elmer Barnes' "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace." I have read these books cover-to-cover; they are difficult and boring at times, but overall well, well worth it. FDR did everything he could to get attacked at Pearl Harbor -- he knew what he was doing. He was a calculating, colossal liar and a communist sell-out (and a lot more.) I ask, if the American people can be completely duped regarding WW II (arguably the biggest event of the last century), do they really know the truth about anything? I doubt it. Obama is nothing new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com