That damn Truman, again
Truman Overrode Strong State Department Warning Against Partitioning of Palestine in 1947
On Sept. 22, 1947, Loy Henderson strongly warned Secretary of State George C. Marshall that partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states was not workable and would lead to untold troubles in the future. Henderson was director of the State Department’s Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs and his memorandum, coming less than a month after a United Nations special committee had recommended partition, stands as one of the most perceptive analyses of the perils that partition would bring.
But Truman, worried about his election campaign in the coming year and urged by advisers such as Clark Clifford to endorse partition as a way to gain Jewish support, ignored Henderson’s warnings. Five days later the U.S. voted for partition in the historic session of the General Assembly.</em>
What a stupid bastard. First the bomb, then Korea, and now this. What a lazy, stupid bastard. Only country to use an atomic bomb, first war without a declaration from Congress- and we’ve never had one since- and now, a major cause of world hostility advanced purely to buy votes.
You shortsighted, ignorant fool.
