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Voice: And you know full well . . . that your last picture was an atrocious lie to bring the United States closer to the brink of war. What have you got to say to that...
Said General Wood with undeniable truth: "Each step thus far taken in the international situation has been upon the solemn assurance that it was for the pur pose of preserving peace. Actually, we have been led to the brink of a devastating war. . . . This subterfuge must end. We must now squarely face the real issue, war or peace...
...times. A year ago last June, on the beach at Dunkirk, the democracies had a shock which gave men everywhere their first real sense of the seriousness of the war. That feeling did not endure. Last week, with Russia battered to a bloody pulp, with Japan on the brink of another war, with the U.S. facing the decision of fighting in both oceans, the democracies were close to another shock as sobering as Dunkirk-a new realization that World War II was serious business...
...both the President and Mr. Willkie. The thoroughness with which the committee sought to avoid the truth was typified by Senator Nye's admission that most of the members of the committee had seen none of the movies that they alleged were pushing the United States to the brink...
...years of mutual shoving, glowering, apologizing and more shoving had put the U.S. and Japan dangerously close to war. It did not look last week as if Admiral Nomura or anyone else could make either side withdraw cleanly and permanently from the brink. The best formula the Admiral could hope to achieve would be a minor deal which would freeze both sides' positions for as long as possible...