[oblomov]

Agreed; however, I also think that most Americans were more trusting of state power at that time. It amazes me what the American people tolerated from FDR and Wilson. These men were effectively left-wing dictators.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

My Dad was fourteen in 1941. He remembers the Pearl Harbor attack being announced by FDR over the radio. He was only 14 but, he remembers distinctly thinking that it was a setup.

I think FDR knew about the attack long before it happened. He didn't do anything because he wanted the US to get into the war.