[A Navy Vet]

After doing some reading from yours and other references, it appears to me that Roosevelt, and for that matter, the general public knew we were heading towards war. And it's likely that Roosevelt knew we would soon be attacked. However, I don't see anything that convinces me he knew of the place, date, or time, nor the intensity. Reading key excerpts from "Day of Deceit", it seems the author does a lot of second-guessing with coulda, shoulda, and much has alternative possibilities. My conclusion: complacency, malfeasance, and dumb luck on a number of levels.

[aristeides]

That's your interpretation, with which I disagree. I won't say it is impossible to be a reasonable person and nevertheless disagree with me about whether there was a Pearl Harbor conspiracy.

But I will say that belief in such a conspiracy is at least reasonable. Obviously I believe that, since I happen to be one of those persuaded by the evidence that there was in fact such a conspiracy. You said the conspiracy theories about Pearl Harbor are "idiotic" and "disproven." I think those words are altogether unwarranted.