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None of your points relate to what that allegedly intelligent caller Dave said. Dave did not say there was "gross incompetence on the part of the administation and the military command" -- that statement is blatantly obvious. Dave said that the ships were lined up to make them easier to attack. The fact that Dave would make such a ridiculous claim -- to "prove" we have been "lied to" for 200 years -- when FDR is a liberal hero shows just how far gone some of our fellow citizens are.

Callers and shows and stations like that aren't even Left Wing -- Left is a direction and these idiots aren't even that organized. They aren't intelligent -- they are anti-intelligent.

I wasn't taking his statement 'lined up' literally nor do I think that was how it was intended. Not even the kookiest of kooks think FDR drew up the line of ships. What folks do think is that he brought all the ships of the line into the harbor so as to be a more attractive target and I understood that particular point. That is the nature of the argument. FDR stands accused not just of allowing Pearl to happen but of having our ships in the harbor. The argument is how unusual it was that the aircraft carriers were out to sea without their usual escort. We couldn't afford to lose our carriers but the line ships.....