That, they will claim, is far too materialistic a viewpoint. I know I will be severely criticized by the interventionists in America when I say we should not enter a war unless we have a reasonable chance of winning. If the outcome of war depended upon ideals alone, this would be a different world than it is today. It is not that I believe ideals are unimportant, even among the realities of war but if a nation is to survive in a hostile world, its ideals must be backed by the hard logic of military practicability. But, since the subjects that can be covered in a single address are limited, tonight I shall discuss the war from a viewpoint which is primarily practical. One should, I believe, strive for a balance of both. There are many viewpoints from which the issues of this war can be argued. See also America First Committee Isolationism World War II. Roosevelt waged a public campaign against Lindbergh and America First. He soon became branded as a modern "copper-head." Subsequently, President Franklin D. Lindbergh's speech on 23 April 1941 was merely one of many that he gave across the country, but his popularity would wane after anti-Semitism crept into an 11 September speech of that year in Des Moines, Iowa. He, like other America First adherents, believed that the fate of Europe would not adversely affect the quality of life in the United States regardless of who emerged victorious. Charles Lindbergh, on the other hand, argued more from the standpoint that America was incapable of military victory in the European theater. The elder Lindbergh believed that American involvement in the war was linked to Wall Street and amounted to an effort to further pad the pocketbooks of financiers and captains of industry. Lindbergh's isolationism was partly influenced by his Swedish-born father's opposition to Wilsonian foreign policy during World War I. His investigations into foreign air power, which included test flights of Luftwaffe airplanes, led him to conclude that America could rest easy about the possibility of a German air threat. government, performing extensive inspections of the German, Russian, British, and French air forces. He had served as a key intelligence source for the U. As the first man to make the transatlantic flight, Lindbergh brought instant credibility to the organization. Lindbergh vehemently argued that no successful air attack could ever be carried out against America.
One of the most prominent spokesmen for America First, Charles A. Trusting that the Western Hemisphere could be made safe from outside threats, America First members urged energy to be channeled into what they termed "Fortress America." "America First," a prominent anti-interventionist organization, believed that America needed to focus on its own defense rather than engage in a futile attempt to battle the Axis Powers. The Germans had invaded France and Britain seemed on the verge of defeat at the hands of Hitler, but a strong isolationist impulse remained in the United States. Prior to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, a debate raged across America over the possibility of intervention in the war. "AMERICA FIRST" SPEECH (23 April 1941, by Charles Lindbergh)
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