Should we be thankful the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?

Question

The question should spark your outrage. Bear with me. You very well may answer "Yes"
1933 The United States had been well into the Depression 3v years. People desperate and hopeless. The American system of Free Enterprize had failed. Neanwhile in Italy, Facism was showing prosperity and being looked at as a new option to bring prosperity. Hitler arose to power in Germany and the Nazis had that economy going. Another option that was beginning to appeal to Americans. A group of wealthy industrialists approched retires Marine General Smedley Butler. They proposed assassinating FDR and seizing control of the government in what was called the Business Plot. He testified to the account before Congress.
But Facism and Nazis continued to have a following in America. This continues as Germany overran France and most of Europe. Other than profiteering in the sales of war materials to Britain, the United States was doing nothing. And the Nazi and Facism was growing like a cancer.

Then came the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. I had heard rumors that when told of the attack FDR replied "Good, that's what I wanted." Always angered before, I now know why it might have been said. The Japanese had awoke the sleeping dragon from sitting by. We entered the wars on both fronts with a vengence. And Facism, Nazism and Imperialism was destroyed in those countries. The US did not win the war in Europe. The Allies won but needed the US help to do it. So yes, I am thankful for the attack. The world was saved from tyranny and racial extermination.

As to American Nazis, they are doing well.There are many thriving communities, organizations of them. They preach the same hat, White supremist garbage. Beware, they also operate under the guise of patriots.

You have little to fear from Arab terrorists or other foreigners. The think to fear is the enemy within. Americans!

- and a debt of gratitude for my uncle, a Marine corporal who died in the bowells of the USS Arizona.

I add the Nazi following both then and now was never so large to ever near being a majority. But many were in powerful positions. With very little effort you can verify what I have provided and get much more detailed information General Smedley Butler was also the last two time Medal of Honor winner. A hero to the extreme.

Answer 1

Very interesting. Did you know that radar picked up japanese plane formations coming in and were ordered to ignore them and not report? FDR needed something to unite the us populace and give a reason to enter war; this was it. History also does not mention the fact that in europe nobody was surprised when the japanese attacked pearl harbor; FDR had embargoed all oil from the phillipines, which the japanese needed for their china war efforts, which meanth they really had no choice but to seize the oilfields they needed. Had we continued to sell them oil they would never have attacked pearl harbor. Isn't it amazing how history repeats itself; it is all about the oil and money, invade and conquer, fight and die for the politicians wanting power. We, the people, get screwed as usual and its business as usual.

Answer 2

The U.S. was once making use of stress to the Japanese to get out of Manchuria and Korea, even as even as seeking to make sure the defense of the Phillipines and all the U.S. posessions within the Pacific, i.e. Hawaii(no longer but a state), Guam, the Solomon islands, American Samoa, the Alutians, and so forth. Japan's target was once to create a pacific empire. They knew that the American navy (at the moment) was once very small and a quantity in their vessels have been a long time old-fashioned. Japan notion that in the event that they crippled the U.S. Pacific fleet situated at Pearl Harbor, the Americans might haven't any option however to acceed to Japanese needs and comply with favorable (for Japan) negotiation phrases in parceling out U.S. pacific posessions. There have been 3 issues with this approach nonetheless; a million. They had was hoping to catrch the American airplane companies (the again bone of the pacific fleet) at shallow moorings in Pearl Harbor and spoil them, however the companies weren't there on the time of the assault. two. Even despite the fact that the American navy was once small, the Japanese fully underestimated American commercial ability. Every send destroyed at Pearl Harbor was once repaired or changed inside six months of the assault. three. They mistook the American population's want for peace to intend that America might be unwilling or not able to battle. Win or lose, after the assault on Pearl Harbor, the perspective of the American public was once such that struggle grew to become inevitable and additional negotiation unattainable.

Answer 3

The Business Plot took place in 1933, and wasn't particularly well organized. If an assassination had taken place in 1941, Henry Wallace would have become president, which would have been far from what a fascist would have wanted.

The US would have gotten involved in Europe one way or another; Lend Lease was a step in that direction, and there were others that we didn't know about. When the Japanese did attack Pearl Harbor, and we declared war on Japan, that didn't mean we had a door into Europe -- but then the Germans declared war on the US, making it a lot easier.

Answer 4

Nothing better to jumpstart an economy. I wonder why the economy is not booming now, oh yeah, the money is going into the pockets of the guys that started the war.

Answer 5

Whether we should be thankful or not is immaterial. It happened. Right or wrong. Good or bad. Changing one's opinion of past events won't make them better or worse.

Answer 6

Revise history all you want. Make up a hypothesis for your next term paper. Are you for real?

Answer 7

think and refolrmaliza as u want
but be aware, no war is good - no peace is bad