But of course Pearl Harbor was a "misunderstanding".
Japanese believed that if they destroyed the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, that would knock America out of the war and give Japan free reign in the Pacific.
They misunderstood.
They thought all Americans then were weak and feckless, just as some are today.
And given our Democrat lead politics of those times, such misunderstandings are, well, somewhat understandable.
Japanese did not understand that sinking our fleet would p*ss us off, big time, and there would be h*ll to pay.
So it is, technically, correct to say Pearl Harbor resulted from a "misunderstanding".
Pearl Harbor was about knocking out our carriers, but the carriers weren’t in port on December 7th. Had they been, it would have been a whole different ballgame.
I don’t follow the threads of a screw to arrive at a conclusion. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Was then. Is now.
Forgot the LOL!