Franklin Roosevelt lied and deceived the public, which was wrong and unnecessary. FDR realized that he needed the support of the public, as well as some support from congress. However, he tried to appease the public so much, that when he wanted to something that the public did no approve of, he used devious measures in order to get his way. The public as well as the Democratic Party in 1940 was adamantly against the US going to war. Roosevelt, however, thinks differently. Adolf Berle argues that FDR had decided to go to war in 1938 after the Munich conferences. Alden Hatch says that FDR knew he had to go to war in 1939 after the Hitler-Stalin Pact. The specific date when he knew he had to go to war is still debated, however, many historians agree that FDR knew war was inevitable long before he told the public, who was anti-war. FDR also wanted to get into the war to help the British, especially after France was defeated in 1940. In 1940 FDR was reelected, and he ran under a strictly anti-war campaign. However, according to Berle and Hatch, he knew that entering the war was inevitab

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