2006-09-23 21:04:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
? possible , why were the aircraft carriers at sea ?
2006-09-24 14:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by uk expat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO !!!
Oh my God, please tell me you are just asking a question to provoke a response! Please!
I guess I should not be surprised to see that someone actually is stupid and gullible enough to believe this drivel after months of reading the stuff kooks have posted about 911. Just look at some of the replys you have already gotten.
President Roosevelt did not "let this happen".
For anyone to suggest that he did is an insult to a great man (human, but great none the less), and a generation that by it's accomplishments proved to be greater than the one we live in.
I am really disheartened by the total lack of respect that we have so blithely become able to show, with the absolute flimsiest of reasons, to people who have earned better.
2006-09-24 05:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think they were expecting an attack somewhere in the Pacific but I'm not convinced that we had all the details to stop an attack. While there could have been more done to be ready. The woulda, coulda, shoulda game gains nothing now, other than to remind us that we need to have a strong intelligence community.
2006-09-24 04:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by .45 Peacemaker 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
FDR was a former Assistant Sec of the Navy as was his cousin Teddy. He loved the Navy and would certainly have prevented an attack if he had the intelligience to pinpoint the date, time, and place of an attack. FDR didn't know because our intelligence services didn't know.
2006-09-24 04:28:39 · answer #4 · answered by mk_matson 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Another conspiracy theory that would have required too many people to facilitate, someone would have talked. Besides if he had know he would have been better prepared to retaliate. They damn near lost the Pacific fleet, all the battleships and the Philippines. To do this would have been too big a risk. They certainly suspected something but they weren't in on it.
2006-09-24 04:10:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
not really, but the U.S. did cut off oil shipments to japan because they were invading china, the pacific, and the U.S. fought them in the philippines. and the people at pearl harbor had a radar, but they thought the japanese planes were b-17s
2006-09-24 13:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by xiy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like 9/11 the intelligence was there....it was just not paid attention to in time!
2006-09-24 05:37:06 · answer #7 · answered by Fitforlife 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
allowing the almost complete destruction of the pacific fleet would border on the lines of insanity wouldn't it?
Especially knowing a world war was erupting.
2006-09-24 04:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by Dave 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
due to intrernational pressure ,home politics president had to get invited into the war and also to protect the sources of info acted ignorant
sreekumaran
2006-09-24 04:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by blueribbontie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No those JAPS got us by suprice cause we were paying too much attention by the war in europe.
2006-09-24 04:10:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Research would say yes. Sometimes things are hard to believe because they are so horrific.
2006-09-24 04:16:27 · answer #11 · answered by Mr. Know 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋