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Dear Mr. Chakrabarty:
I have been living in the US continuously since 1969. Staying far
away from America it may seem that there is not an ounce of
difference between the Democrats and Republicans. However, this is
the product of an erroneous thinking process. Ronald Reagan
epitomizes the "virtues" of Republicans. Republicans are for smaller
government (but they end up making the government big), less tax for
the wealthy, also, they think they are true Christians (they evoke
Christianity every which way they could). Last but not least, they
are the CONSERVATIVES. Contrast this with the Democrats. They
strongly believe in the separation of Church (read religion) and
state. They are the champion of Keynesian model of economics. They
tend to be more liberals than the Republicans.
Mr. Chakrabarty, you are grossly misstating when you say that FDR
(President Roosevelt) and President Harry Truman were Republicans.
Both of them were Democrats.
Also, Truman (1945-1953) did not start the Vietnam War. The Korean
War may have started in the waning days of Truman's presidency.
Eisenhower's presidency (1953-1960) was however greatly mired in
Korean War. President Eisenhower was a Republican but he was a
moderate person. I read somewhere that after the war, he was
thinking about joining the Democratic Party. The governor of New York
convinced Eisenhower to join the Republican Party. During Jack
Kennedy's time (1961-1963) The Indo-China War (later known as the
Vietnam War) broke out, which got intensified during Johnson's time
and Nixon's rule of America (1969-1974). Both Kennedy and Johnson
were Democrats but Richard Nixon was a moderate Republican. It was
after 1980 when the music man (Ronald Reagan) came to Washington DC
that the Republican Party overtly became the conservative. Many
people do not know that Reagan was outwardly a Christian and
conservative. He gave only lip service to conservative movement but
look at his family life. It was all show biz. However, millions of
gullible Americans thought he was the epitome of the hawkish arch-
conservative politician.
My sincere request to Mr. Chakrabarty, please consult an
authoritative history books before citing historical facts and
figure. The last thing that we want is an archive in Mukto-mona
strewn with wrong information.
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