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To: RMF who wrote (55098)	10/11/2013 12:04:04 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Isolationist sentiment was strong in both parties prior to Pearl Harbor. In the 1930's, Congress passed on a bipartisan basis and Roosevelt signed a series of Neutrality Acts. In 1940 presidential candidate Roosevelt promised to keep America out of the war. "I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again; your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars." Yes, behind the scenes he recognized war was coming and schemed to get America into it. But publicly, he was as isolationist as anyone else.