by Ron Capshaw
What if Wallace
instead of Cold Warrior Harry Truman had succeeded FDR? In a recent documentary
that is a sterling example of “blame America first,” Oliver Stone, who found
few heroes in Cold War America, did list Henry Wallace alongside JFK as one of
the era’s “unsung heroes.” Wallace, who died 50 years ago, has indeed been the
hero of the unrepentant Old Left and New.
They cherish
bittersweet thoughts of what might have been: Had FDR kept Wallace on the
ticket as vice president in 1944, rather than replacing him with the
belligerent anti-Communist Harry Truman, then the Cold War that began with
Roosevelt’s death could have been averted. Wallace, in Stone’s words, had
“empathy with Stalin,” and peaceful co-existence would have been the result.
Hence, no arms race; no Berlin Wall; and, most important for Stone and his ilk,
no Vietnam.
But consider the
actual evidence and extrapolate from that……Counter-factual history has always
been a no-no for serious historians. But if leftists are going to engage in it,
they should be aware of the actual evidence about their subject.— Read more at:
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