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McCarthy came rather late to the game. The government had already been purging alleged communist sympathizers from government work for years.
Nope. While the Soviets certainly did engage in espionage, it was nowhere near the level of success McCarthy claimed.
Suppose it was someone who wasn't a pathological liar and a woman who was not happy to defend the murderers of American soldiers - would they have been right about Soviet infiltration and communists in the US federal government?
For ****'s sake NO. Learn some history. The Soviets did gin up a pretty decent Cold War espionage effort in the US, but it was much later than when McCarthy was railing about it. The 80s were the highlight, right before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
You have to understand the context of McCarthy's comments. They arose out of Maos' victory in China in 1949. There was this great feeling of "who lost China?" in the US, as Americans had felt close to and supportive of the Republic of China since its early days, and through the war against Japan. The communist victory there created a shock in the American public and on Capitol Hill. McCarthy's rhetoric led in part to purges at the State Department, which gutted the East Asia section. The loss of institutional and regional knowledge directly and negatively affected the ability of the US government to navigate the crisis in Indochina just a decade later.
This is all well documented and explained in many good books; I recommend Halberstam's, The Best and the Brightest.
Ok; how about the communists? Were there communists in the US federal government?
Not in elected positions.
There have no doubt been a handful who have served in the armed forces, if that is what you mean. Perhaps one of the people who did landscaping for the White House lawn thought Marx had some valid points in Das Kapital.
There was never any risk at all that ownership of private property was ever going to be abolished in the United States though.
evidence? sources?The KGB's infiltration campaign in America in the 1950s was much more successful than its modern successor's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Joseph McCarthy absolutely did the right thing to stop Soviet infiltration in the government and academic institutions.
The KGB's infiltration campaign in America in the 1950s was much more successful than its modern successor's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Joseph McCarthy absolutely did the right thing to stop Soviet infiltration in the government and academic institutions.
Except he didn’t “stop Soviet infiltration” in the first place, since he was hysterically accusing a bunch of innocent people.
ya know------if you looked at someone sideways he accused you of being communist...........conspiracy crap (Trumpers would have related well....)Meaning what exactly?
What a painfully stupid post.Was Joseph McCarthy right about Soviet infiltration and communists in the US federal government?
Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
No kidding.Don't encourage them.
That gave me a nice chuckle.Great poll! Can you start one about whether The Holocaust was a bad thing or not? Thanks!
Thread win.Great poll! Can you start one about whether The Holocaust was a bad thing or not? Thanks!
He totally was. We now know that communist sympathizers and in some case outright spies were within our government at every level.Was Joseph McCarthy right about Soviet infiltration and communists in the US federal government?
Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
This is the attitude of the left ^^^Great poll! Can you start one about whether The Holocaust was a bad thing or not? Thanks!
Yes, there were spies within the government, but not because of McCarthy's "investigations". He was literally responsible for destroying people's lives for his own political gain. Edward R. Murrow basically exposed him as a fraud.Was Joseph McCarthy right about Soviet infiltration and communists in the US federal government?
Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
He totally was. We now know that communist sympathizers and in some case outright spies were within our government at every level.
Ah, I see.ya know------if you looked at someone sideways he accused you of being communist...........conspiracy crap (Trumpers would have related well....)
Way to completely miss the sarcasm with your partisan slanted view.This is the attitude of the left ^^^
To them countering the revolution is worse then actual genocide.
I smell desperation in the air.i'm fascinated that there are suddenly so many right wing posters here with under 500 posts.
You could make the same argument about Joseph Stalin’s paranoias.Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
McCarthy was using the "communist infiltration" to harass and ruin people that were not hard right conservatives. I know this because many people like my staunch Republican father, a professor in the NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations were on McCarthy's list to be subpoenaed, simply because they taught at universities or did research on social topics which in McCarthy's dementia made them "commies". Apparently the fact that my father had spent a year doing research and writing recommendations for public policy on the elderly at the 20th Century Fund was what triggered his inclusion on the list.Was Joseph McCarthy right about Soviet infiltration and communists in the US federal government?
Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
No you don’t have to wonder. He produced very little evidence to support his claims.Although I don't necessarily agree with Joseph McCarthy's approach & tactics in dealing with the problem, I have to wonder if he was right about its existence.
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