[oblomov]

Continuation of our Pearl Harbor/”FDR Knew” discussion. I found an article by Stinnett (thanks, panaxanax) that can serve as a discussion piece.

[rolling_stone]

Forget Stinnett IMO.
http://ocularallergy.com/books/book-10.html

[panaxanax]

Thank you.

I see the name-callers have arrived. Those that belch out “Truthers” etc. have obviously not read the book. It is complete with documents proving that FDR knew and enabled the Japs to attack Pearl Harbor on this day.

I am not a ‘truther’ by any stretch of the imagination but I am a realist. The book is on my desk as I type this. If I had time I would type out the entire text and scan the photos for those who can’t afford to buy the book.

However, Mrs. panax has me going through the attic getting Christmas decorations today. Believe me, typing the text would be a much easier task!

Thank God for the FOIA or Stinnett would not have been able to complete his 16 year project.

For those who wish to read the truth, they can purchase a used copy from ABE Book Exchange for a couple of dollars. Then they would have solid ground on which to preach against or in favor of what really happened 58 years ago today.

Again, I thank you.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I was out at Fort Knox's Barr Library a few years ago and found a booklet published in January 1943 about the naval warfare against Japan that had been classified as restricted at the time. In this booklet, senior Navy officers speculate that the attack was only made by two carriers. They thought that the Akagi and Kaga were too old and slow and the Shokako and Zuikaku were not yet in operational service.

If this is true, then it is quite possible that FDR might have thought that a two-carrier strike against Pearl Harbor would have caused moderate damage. Remember that the Japanese had to come up with some radical ideas in order to get their torpedoes to operate in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor. Without torpedoes, they would have been restricted to aerial bombs, which were thought to be fairly useless against battleships (although the disaster of the Arizona quickly proved them wrong).