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70 years since Pearl Harbor, Americans are still wondering who was to blame
Daily Mail ^ | 7th December 2011 | Thomas Fleming

Posted on 12/07/2011 6:00:35 PM PST by presidio9

'Was there a man dismay'd Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blundered'

70 years ago over 2,400 Americans were killed and about half as many wounded when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the naval and air forces of Imperial Japan.

The usual scapegoats were identified and ruined, but for decades historians have questioned the official account. Between conventional sources of information and radar tracking, it is argued, the Roosevelt administration knew or ought to have known.

Some analysts have concluded that Franklin Roosevelt wanted a justification, no matter what the price, for getting into the war. Others have been content to charge his administration with incompetence. I simply do not know.

-SNIP-

When brave men die defending their country, it is always a sad and sobering event, but if brave men have been sacrificed needlessly by incompetence of corruption, as Lincoln's troops were in the Civil War he brought on,

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: pearlharbor; revisionisthistory; stuckonstupid
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...and I'll excerpt it right where I decided I couldn't waste another second of my life hearing an idiot's opinion.
1 posted on 12/07/2011 6:00:37 PM PST by presidio9
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Oh, yeah; I spend hours on end pondering who was to blame for Pearl Harbor. not


2 posted on 12/07/2011 6:03:54 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: presidio9

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

I’m sick and tied of folks who attack America. Being attacked was NOT our fault!


3 posted on 12/07/2011 6:04:07 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: presidio9

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with great resolve.”


4 posted on 12/07/2011 6:05:12 PM PST by circlecity
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To: presidio9

It’s Bush’s fault.


5 posted on 12/07/2011 6:06:09 PM PST by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: presidio9

Americans are still wondering who was to blame

I’m going to go out on limb here and say the Japanese.


6 posted on 12/07/2011 6:06:51 PM PST by barmag25
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To: presidio9

Whose fault is it?....Bammy says Bush.


7 posted on 12/07/2011 6:07:17 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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70 years since Pearl Harbor, Americans are still wondering who was to blame

Uhmmmmm.........Japan?

8 posted on 12/07/2011 6:09:30 PM PST by blackdog (And justice for all.....(Offer not valid in all locations, and prices vary))
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??

I am not wondering who is to blame.

The Japanese warmongers had already invaded China and Korea and were attacking islands and countries all over the Pacific.

They were the ones dropping the bombs.

Pretty simple.


9 posted on 12/07/2011 6:09:41 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: presidio9

Ask any survivor.


10 posted on 12/07/2011 6:09:59 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: lacrew

There has been no smoking gun nor first person testimony to indicate FDR knew of the attack. I think there was the opinion that Japan was going to attack somewhere..but Hawaii was a stretch. Even if he had known..and put the fleet to sea..the event might have been worse. The Japanese battle fleet might have located the ships and carriers at sea and sunk them where salvage was not possible.


11 posted on 12/07/2011 6:13:23 PM PST by Oldexpat (Wh)
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To: goldstategop

I see our wonderful American educational system has worked it’s magic..............


12 posted on 12/07/2011 6:14:10 PM PST by blackdog (And justice for all.....(Offer not valid in all locations, and prices vary))
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13 posted on 12/07/2011 6:14:23 PM PST by Delta 21 (Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
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To: presidio9

Nobody even questioned “who to blame” until just a few years ago..

Thank you, political correctness-courtesy of our libtard friends.


14 posted on 12/07/2011 6:17:54 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: Huskrrrr

Only a jackass would ask such a question. Who is this guy Fleming? Is he an American or an ex-pat living in the UK? Or perhaps he is a European apologist.


15 posted on 12/07/2011 6:18:47 PM PST by tenthirteen
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To: presidio9
From a new book out this week: Freedom Betrayed

But to friends, “the Chief” sent another message: “You and I know that this continuous putting pins in rattlesnakes finally got this country bit.”
16 posted on 12/07/2011 6:19:42 PM PST by caveat emptor (America is on a temporary leave of absence.)
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Who is to blame?

Who attacked Pearl Harbor is to blame..."Japanese" is the word even ignorant Brits use.

17 posted on 12/07/2011 6:22:27 PM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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"It's not over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??"

18 posted on 12/07/2011 6:24:00 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war. It's coming.)
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To: presidio9

UK journalists are projecting their stupidity onto Americans. Nothing new there. But what I wonder is why the Japanese were so stupid that they could convince themselves that getting into a war with the US was a good idea.


19 posted on 12/07/2011 6:27:55 PM PST by yup2394871293
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"It's not over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??"


20 posted on 12/07/2011 6:29:44 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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