Is Irelands neutrality stance in WW2 unfairly criticized? (see Mod note 217)

ChatGPT or Google Gemini? Are you making things up again?

And Churchill as was his want, tried to bully via his press and running to America got told to royally fook off and why he should fook off.

“I would have refrained from making any comment upon it were it not that it has been followed by an extensive Press campaign by Britain itself, and re-echoed in the United States of America, the purport of the campaign being that we should surrender or lease our ports to Britain for the conduct of the war…

We have chosen the policy of neutrality in this war because we believed that it was the right policy for our people. It is the policy which has been accepted, not merely by this House, but by our people as a whole, and nobody who realises what modern war means, and what it means particularly for those who have not sufficient air defences, will have the slightest doubt that that policy was the right one, apart altogether from any questions of sympathy on one side or the other…

There can be no question of the handing over of these ports so long as this State remains neutral. There can be no question of leasing these ports. They are ours. They are within our sovereignty, and there can be no question, as long as we remain neutral, of handing them over on any condition whatsoever. Any attempt to bring pressure to bear on us by any side—by any of the belligerents—by Britain—could only lead to bloodshed.”

Aiken was not recorded as such and FDR didn't say it. You've been asked for proof of this bullshit before and all you have is FDR saying "it is said" and Aiken denied it. Either supply proof or stop using that lie!

Also we didn't back any horse so you can stop with that as well!

Rubbish. Roosevelt kept Aiken waiting unexpectantly for some weeks for the meeting, during which the FBI observed and listened to Aiken. During the meeting "The President interrupted to say that he believed in being perfectly frank. He said 'you are reported as having said that the Irish had nothing to fear from a German victory'."

All even in the Irish version of what happened,

Of course Aiken denied it, he was there to get arms of course, arms he did not get.

"Germany put more than Irishmen in concentration camps."you say. So that makes it ok he put the 50 captured Irish seamen in slave labour Nazi concentration camps, 22 of whom died there?

Without a word of protest from Dev in official records? Even though he was good friends with Hempel the Nazi party member who was diplomat here in Ireland?

Did you order those books I recommended?

If you google it, you will see proof. Roosevelt gave a directive to monitor foreign officials and anti-interventionists, and Ireland was very strategically placed in the Battle of the Atlantic. Roosevelt then even tried to persuade Aiken to patrol against German activity out to 50 miles from our coasts.

I did not say Dev was pro-Nazi. I wrote "

Roosevelt kept Aiken waiting unexpectantly for some weeks for the meeting, during which the FBI observed and listened to Aiken. During the meeting "The President interrupted to say that he believed in being perfectly frank. He said 'you are reported as having said that the Irish had nothing to fear from a German victory'."

Were some people not of the view that Dev wanted a German victory because he thought then he could get his U.I.

The American President said Aiken was reported as having said Ireland would have nothing to fear from a German victory. Link was given. I do not lie.

You are a proven fraud capable of saying anything to vent your ‘get Dev’ affliction..

Reported by who? Where did FDR hear it? You claim the FBI but have no proof! If there is no official report then it is nothing but a rumour!

Not only were Roosevelt and the FBI aware of Aiken's opinions, but so was the American ambassador / Minister to Ireland aware of Aiken's opinions.

You admitted previously having more than one name / boards.ie identity. How many have you had on this thread? Just wondering, because some posters have the same thoughts as you, the same style, have consistently lost arguments, have gone for the player not the ball, and who have backed up other posters who by coincidence have been on at the same time.

I didn’t have any illegal accounts. I had two accounts with mod approval.

I used one in error for two or three posts owned up to it and served my ban.

You continue to fraudulently make claims, spinning facts, inventing facts and telling lies.
Caught out numerous times on one thread

Roosevelt said it was reported and if you do some research you will find the FBI did investigate Aiken after the US tricked him in to spending some weeks in America before his meeting with Roosevelt. No fools the Americans.

David Gray (diplomat) was the United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ireland between 1940 and 1947…he would and did get his info from more than a seance, or he would not have lasted 7 years. In effect he was the ambassador for the 7 years, and you will find that in time of war, with tens of thousands of Americans dying, the American government would not and did not tolerate fools. Look how much much shorter the disgraced ambassador Kennedy lasted in Britain, a mere 2 years before he had to resign.