This conspiracy theory makes no sense to me. If the fleet at Pearl was in a high state of readiness the attack could of been repulsed. Do the conspiracy theorists really think that if the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor but were driven off, the American people wouldn't want war with Japan? Wouldn't a succesful defense of Pearl Harbor make FDR look good and be great for morale, and involve the US in the war in any case? If an American ship had of spotted the Japanese fleet headed towards Honolulu by chance, did FDR plan to say, "please just ignore those Japanese carriers, it's supposed to be a suprise"?
2006-10-10
21:00:07
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