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faminedynasty said:You'd better also find a similarly absurd article condemning Secretary of War Henry Stimpson, Admiral William D Leary, and Gar Alperovitz if you want to even call into question the argument.
The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position.
Exactly what you have done to the original question.