On this day, August 31, in 1935
- produced by Arturo Contreras
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US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act of 1935, prohibiting the export of US arms to belligerent countries. While this Act intended to prevent America's involvement in foreign conflicts, the ambiguous wording left a lot of room for manipulation. Throughout the rest of his term, President Roosevelt used many of these loopholes to make sure that US allies overseas still received enhancements to their armories. You know what they say, 'laws are made to be broken'. Especially when the laws don't work towards US interest.
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