Iowa Almanac
Iowa Almanac -- Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Lindbergh against the war, more from the Iowa Almanac in a moment. Every detail matters when building a winning game plan. That's why the cyclones and Hawkeyes rely on better, cleaner now biodiesel to power their team buses on game day, delivering success on the field in the field and in the environment. Make biodiesel part of your winning game plan by visiting iasoybeans.com. Biodiesel, grow it, request it, use it. This message brought to you by the Iowa Soybean Association and the Soybean Check-Off. September 11, 2001 ultimately led to the U.S. fighting wars on two fronts. Literally 60 years before those terrorist attacks on America, on September 11, 1941, one of the world's most famous citizens was in Des Moines. Warning about intervening in the conflict which became the Second World War. Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He gained immediate fame worldwide and even 14 years after his accomplishment, his opinions were respected across the country. Lindbergh became involved with the America First Committee, which advocated staying out of what was then a European conflict. His Des Moines speech on the topic, however, led many to be outraged. He claimed there were three groups pushing the U.S. into war, the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration. He said the greatest danger to our country was Jewish influence in motion pictures, the press, radio, and government. We are on the verge of a war in which the only victor would be chaos and prosperity. We are on the verge of war for which we are still unprepared and for which no one has offered a feasible plan of victory. A war which cannot be won without sending our soldiers across an ocean to fight and to force a landing on a hostile coast against armies stronger than our own. The famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was roundly criticized for that speech, advocating isolationism in the face of World War II, a speech delivered in Des Moines on this date in 1941. And that's Iowa Almanac for September 11th. Follow us on Twitter @IowaAlmanac. Until tomorrow, I'm Jeff Stein.