FDR’s heart, mind, and soul were definitely NOT in the ‘right’ place.
The man was evil. Pure evil.
He got the United Nations created during WWII because he learned from his predecessor that the only chance of getting it passed was during a war. To NOT accept the United Nations during a war would be viewed by the American people of that time as traitorous.
FDR wanted into the war so badly he salivated over it.
He let the fleet be placed at Pearl Harbor. The American version of a ‘KICK ME,’ sign.
He also knew ahead of time of the attack because we had the means to crack the Japanese code. To protect the ships, men, and civilians though would have meant disclosing we had the means to crack that code.
And more importantly, he really, really desired to get us into the war because the bankers needed to have their loans paid back.
The man was a freaking travesty upon the American people.
We didn’t break Japan’s JN-25 Naval Code until after Pearl Harbor. We had partially broken Purple, their diplomatic code, but Japan carefully segregated military plans from their diplomatic traffic.
There was nothing unusual about stationing the Pacific Fleet at Pearl. It was 4,000 miles from Japan at a time when refueling at sea was new. A large segment of the Navy thought battleships were still the main strike weapon. It’s only after the fact that we think an air attack on Hawaii should have been expected.