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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (715221)	11/26/2005 6:13:55 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You'd better go back to school on ww2. If you'd done some research you would have found out that because of the isolationist movement in the US and since we were still recovering from the great depression our military was basically in shambles. Left over weapons from WW1, aircraft that were barely functional as fighters, no real long range bombers I could go on. The Japanese on the other hand had been building and modernizing their military for years and also had battle experience with the new weapons in china. This is off topic.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (715221)	11/26/2005 6:55:32 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Kevin, He may not have known, for sure, about the attack, but he helped to cause it. He systematically violated every treaty, and contract, we had with the Japanese, which could only anger them enough to declare war. The recovery attempts by FDR, were dismal failures, and the only way he could get the country out of the depression was to gear up manufacturing for the machines of war.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (715221)	11/27/2005 11:13:33 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

My high school term paper in history was on the premise that FDR knew about the attack. I think you should ask Hillary Clinton to speak with the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt. I am sure she will tell her if she hasn't already. My personal belief is that President Roosevelt was unsure how the economy would react to war after just recovering from the great depression. Although shipping in the Atlantic had become disastrous , the Pacific was still very lucrative. However, the Japanese were swiftly reducing the available trade and accessible ports. Had the Japanese not bombed Pearl Harbor, it would have been necessary to reopen trade in the Pacific by force. Like I said before only Hillary can get these details from Eleanor's Ghost.