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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: truedog who wrote (1879)7/25/1999 11:50:00 PM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
I guess what I have a bit of trouble with is the word "provoked" used in connection with the U.S. refusing to feed the Japanese war machine any further. What possible moral guidepost could have supported continuing to supply these monsters? I think a thousand treaties should have been broken before we even considered sending more money or oil to the murderous Tojo and his henchmen. If this is provocation, then perhaps this provocation represented FDR's finest hour.

As to Pearl Harbor--of course, it was an obvious military target, and was at risk of attack at any time. Any attack would have drawn us into war; all of the boats were not needed there for that. No one can explain why FDR would set up our Pacific Fleet in that manner (the Japanese were very adept at attacking ships at sea). And if no one can explain why FDR would act insanely, then there is no need to disprove your theory. It just does not--and cannot--make any sense.
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