{"id":6753,"date":"2022-05-03T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:39:34","slug":"letter-fdr-should-have-sent-stalin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/uncategorized\/letter-fdr-should-have-sent-stalin\/","title":{"rendered":"The letter FDR should have sent Stalin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if FDR had placed demands on Stalin in return for aid?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6757\" src=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Field-of-Daiseys-100x53.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day is drawing hear. We have a Memorial Day and Veterans Day tradition. We feature and even add to our series of articles reviewing the history and consequences of U.S. wars of intervention. These articles are among the most popular things we&#8217;ve ever done. They seek to answer the following questions about each conflict&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did it defend America?<\/li>\n<li>Did it defend freedom?<\/li>\n<li>Did it make the world a better place?<\/li>\n<li>Was there a better way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of these articles has even explored an alternative (and superior) path World War 2 might have taken if the Zero Aggression Principle had governed U.S. policy. We have now added a second &#8220;what if&#8221; thought experiment to this series&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/perry-willis\/the-letter-fdr-should-have-written-to-stalin\/\"><strong>The letter FDR should have sent Stalin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will also be promoting some of the other articles during the weeks ahead. We hope you will read them, even if you have read them before. It will be useful to reacquaint yourself with the material, which may lead to valuable conversations in the run-up to Memorial Day. But for now, learn from and enjoy this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #b90f10; border: 1px solid #b90f10; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; text-decoration-line: none; width: 350px;\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/perry-willis\/the-letter-fdr-should-have-written-to-stalin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FDR writes Stalin<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ZAP The State and have a nice day,<\/p>\n<p>Jim Babka<br \/>\nZero Aggression Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better results were possible in World War 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[664,748,661,738,28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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