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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (171485)10/7/2002 11:27:17 AM
From: fingolfen  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
There are those that still think to this day that FDR all but invited Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor. It was no coincidence that all the carriers were out to sea. The ships lost in the harbor were obsolete.

Not sure I entirely buy this one for a lot of reasons. First it assumes that FDR knew the "battleship era" was over, a fact hotly debated by the U.S. Naval Command (and the Japanese as well. Second, the U.S. had plenty of warning signs that an attack was on the way (radar contact, midget sub sinking, etc.), and majorly dropped the ball.

As to FDR's political maneuvering... absolutely. He put the Japanese in a position where they would have to back down (and therefore lose face), or attack. Granted, I think everyone thought the initial attack would come in the Philippines...
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