FDR wasn’t naive when it came to Russia, he was simply in love with communism. One of the reasons he failed to warn the military about Pearl Harbor was because he wanted an excuse to get into the war so he could help his buddy Stalin. FDR was one of the biggest traitors this country has ever had, ranking right in there with the jerk we now have in office.
RE: One of the reasons he failed to warn the military about Pearl Harbor
Today, we remember what happened in Pearl Harbor almost 70 years ago. FDR’s “knowledge” of the attack has seldom been discussed publicly.
First part is true; second part is false. FDR had good reason (as many say “calculated”) to believe that because of his policies toward the Empire of Japan that they would come to attack us. HOWEVER, it was always assumed that any such attack would occur in Asia or the extreme western Pacific; the attack on Pearl blindsided FDR as well.
IMO, FDR was looking for a Gulf of Tonkin kind of event, but ended up almost losing our entire Pacific Fleet!