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To: Solon who wrote (42332)	1/15/2002 3:39:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) of 82486

FDR blinded the commanders at Pearl Harbor and set them up by - denying intelligence to Hawaii (HI) on Nov 27, misleading the commanders into thinking negotiations with Japan were continuing to prevent them from realizing the war was on having false information sent to HI about the location of the Japanese carrier fleet. I have never seen any evidence to support the contention that FDR did this. FDR sold munitions and convoyed them to belligerents in Europe -- both acts of war and both violations of international law -- the Lend-Lease Act. It may have been a violation of the law but that is not relevant to the main argument. As for selling weapons being an act of war, generally it has not been treated as such. In a number of historical cases the same country or organization has provided weapons to both sides of a war. Also in many cases providing weapons to those who will fight against an aggressive power can keep us out out of war. Germany and Japan where aggressive destabilizing powers. It was in our interest that they be stopped. Supplying weapons to their enemies made it more likely that we could stop Germany and Japan's expansion without going to war ourselves. The next day FDR froze all Japanese assets in US cutting off their main supply of oil and forcing them into war with the US. We may have put them in a tight situation by cutting off the oil but we did not force them in to war against the US. We where under no obligation to sell oil to Japan esp. considering that they where using this oil to power a war machine that was invading China and threatening a large section of the Pacific. I do think that it is possible that Roosevelt wanted to enter the war, but even if this is so it does not absolve Japan of responsibility for starting it. Tim

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