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To: Philo-Junius
which is why MacArthur was ordered to prepare for such an attack.

And yet he did not do so. How does that fit with the conspiracy theory?

I'll rephrase my earlier question: Go ahead and post here any actual evidence you have that FDR knew in advance that we would be attacked by the Japanese.

52 posted on 09/11/2008 12:40:04 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (*******It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Bac Mac.******)
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To: Mr. Silverback

On November 27, a telegram was sent to Pacific commanders notifying them that negotiations with the Japanese had evidently collapsed, and that hostilities were possible, but if they did occur, Japan should be seen to act first.

MacArthur additionally received orders that in the event of hostilities the Orange Plan should be followed. He, however had his own ideas, and even after notified of the attack on Pearl Harbor, made no moves to implement the Orange Plan for the Philippines, preferring fatally to believe that the Filipino and American forces could repel the Japanese from their initial landing zones.

MacArthur’s failure to prepare for an attack indicates nothing other than that MacArthur thought he knew better than Washington.


54 posted on 09/11/2008 12:52:24 PM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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