Convoying [patrolling], ... illegal. But that never stopped FDR ... oh, yes, let's stack the Supreme Court. How dare those justices declare NRA, WPA, ... un-constitutional ... so who do they think they are!!!
Your " ... save Western Civilization." After Tehran and Yalta ... you may want to re-think that. Namely, what did Stalin get ... terrority and people and ... How many private meetings (i.e., without Churchill) did FDR have with Stlain again. Also, what happened in China. Truman at Potsdam ... for Stalin it was "fish in a barrel."
Did FDR win the war for democracy ... or communism.
How many USSR agents were in FDR administration ... Hopkins, Hiss, ...
You were saying ...?
The "liberal" bent of that era infected our thinking until..well it's till there!