[Vermont Lt]

Once again, reference made to the concentration of ships at Pearl.

I never had any clue as to how long we dangled that piece of fruit before the Japs.

[wagglebee]

I never had any clue as to how long we dangled that piece of fruit before the Japs.

I wouldn't say we dangled them. Pearl Harbor is in the middle of the Pacific with nothing for thousands of miles. The assumption was that we would know about an enemy approach several days beforehand and the ships could be deployed.

Obviously the systems in place to spot the enemy failed and we were attacked. As Admiral Nimitz later pointed out, it was probably BETTER that we didn't know. If the ships had been sent into the Pacific to intercept the Japanese the losses would probably have been much worse, this is because the Japanese ships at the time were faster and better equipped.

[BroJoeK]

"Once again, reference made to the concentration of ships at Pearl."

Where? I looked, couldn't find it... ?