[You Dirty Rats]

If FDR or anyone else in Washington knew that the Japanese were attacking Pearl Harbor, why didn't he let the base know so they could have at least put fighters in the air? He could have ordered a direct warning sent a day or two ahead of time and it wouldn't have stopped the attack or stopped the war from breaking out. In addition, his administration and the military wouldn't have looked so bad getting our asses kicked at Pearl with no fighters in the air and no AAA ready.

Pearl Harbor was a total and complete f*ck*p from the White House through the Navy and War Departments down to Kimmel and Short. With all of the evidence that had been collected, the failure to connect the dots was inexcusable.

To claim that it was some kind of treasonous conspiracy, though, is just nonsense.

[ARCADIA]

Washington sent a "war warning" on November 27th; advising commanders of an imminent war with Japan. I guess DC should have just ordered Pearl to man some guns and put up a few fighters; their local commander seemed unable to do so.