Since FDR (D) arose from his grave and expressed his opinion about the war in Ukraine (see: FDR’s Promise to Zelenskyy – Warning to Putin, April 17, 2022 this site), former President Harry S. Truman (D), not to be outdone, did the same last night. This is what he told me:
- “We seek no territorial expansion or selfish advantage. We have no plans for aggression against any other state, large or small. We have no objective which need clash with the peaceful aims of any other nations.
- We believe in the return of sovereign rights and self-government to all peoples who have been deprived of them by force.
- We shall approve no territorial changes in any friendly part of the world unless they accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned.
- We believe that all peoples who are prepared for self-government should be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice, without interference from any foreign source.
- By the combined and cooperative action of our allies, we shall help the defeated enemy states establish peaceful democratic governments of their own free choice. And we shall try to attain a world in which Nazism, Fascism, and military aggression cannot exist.
- We shall refuse to recognize any government imposed upon any nation by the force of a foreign power.
11. We shall continue to strive to promote freedom of expression and freedom of religion throughout the peace-loving areas of the world.”
12. We are convinced that the preservation of peace between nations require a united nations organization composed of all the peace-loving nations of the world who are willing jointly to use force if necessary to insure peace.” – Harry S. Truman: Postwar Foreign Policy, October 27, 1945; Annals of America Vol. 16, p. 343
