EnlightenedStatesmen

It has been stated that a given few of the original twelve apostles of Christ Jesus, those of whom were taught by the Messiah himself on the shores of Galilee at the beginning of our Common Era approximately two thousand years ago from today, were reincarnated back into physicality in order to set the foundations for a free nation, one whose government could not regulate and/or interfere with the God-given, inherent right to worship the Lord freely.

Supposing that this were true, I'll go a step further in naming the possible enlightened candidates to perhaps have held such an office at the time of the ratifications of America's constituting doctrines, and during the heated storm of debates which exemplified the conventions of the early Republic. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and last but not least George Washington, in my mind, would all be the prime prospects for such spiritual statuses. All but the exception of one, Washington, were highly intelligent, highly sophisticated thinkers and debaters, paving the beginnings of what would be the most powerful and well-founded country on the face of the planet; and it's not that Washington wasn't an highly intelligent statesman, for verily, he was undoubtedly skilled in all ways; he didn't, however engage in a lot of the inflamed political discussion at the time. His absolute incorruptible integrity and well-mannered behavior, topped with his downright foresight, vision, bravery and courage on the battlefield gave way for his being named the "Son of the Republic," to be remembered always by the subsequent generations of Americans.

This page will be dedicated to exposing the beautiful foundations of a great country, and the deeds and seeds of its enlightened forefathers.

Library of Congress Collection of American History
Today in History

On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt opposing their decision not to invade Western Europe at that time.

In the memo, Stalin, whose beleaguered Russian army had been contending with a German invasion for over a year, impressed upon the Americans and British the necessity of relieving the pressure on Russia's eastern front. Stalin pressed the Allies to open a second front against Hitler in Europe. Concluding that this would be militarily unsound for them to attempt in 1942, England and the U.S. chose instead to invade North Africa.

The alliance between Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union began to unravel soon after the German threat was vanquished in 1945. Indications of the depth of the tensions between the allies had surfaced in February of that year at the Black Sea resort of Yalta, where Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt met to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.

Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill,
Teheran,
between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, 1943.

Also on the agenda was the question of how to deal with the defeated or liberated countries of Eastern Europe. Roosevelt was later criticized for failing to take greater measures at this meeting to prevent Stalin from seizing former German territory in Eastern Europe.

-Documented on this website Wednesday August 13, 2003

By primus_meridian - Conceived on August 13, 2003

Enlightened Statesmen

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