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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (42561)1/23/2002 10:20:25 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
You are quite right. America had a long- standing sentimental attachment to China, fueled by missionary activity. Many people in organizations like the YMCA had spent time in China teaching, staffing medical clinics, and evangelizing, and a great deal of money was collected on behalf of such activities. When Sun Yat Sen, a Methodist, became President, these activities accelerated. Thus, there was considerable outrage in the United States over Japanese atrocities, especially the Rape of Nanking, and a great deal of pressure on the Roosevelt Administration to take a firm stand against Japan.........
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