FDR was as pinko as Democrats came back then. I firmly believe he knew the Japanese were going to bomb Pearl Harbor. If there ever was a president who was working with the Russians it was he. And the Russians were communists then.
We had broke Jap code and believed the ships were safe in Pearl Harbor.
The army did not fear airplanes and worked against every officer who favored air power.
FDR was reported to “ dance a jig” when he learned of the attack.
So much time has passed very few people , like me, remember the attack.
I was 9 and missed the war because Truman dropped the “bomb”.
A blind Person with the most rudimentary understanding on the Pacific Navy should not have been shocked by the attack on Pearl. If your plan is to take out the fleet...you needed to attack where the fleet was anchored.
At the time of the speech the Russians and the Nazis were allies.