(October 15, 2023 at 12:12 pm)WinterHold Wrote: In the case of Perl Harbor, it was either a severe tactical mistake or intentional to build the military dock of the US Navy near civilians to get bombed.
I can see a cunning American politician taking joy in seeing Americans burn to have his justification to enter WW2 against Japan.
IDIOT. Suppose FDR knew we were being attacked. Does he just let it happen? Or does he inform the fleet and make sure the strongest defense is prepared? Either way there's a sneak attack on the US, one of which makes the administration look bad to the opposition party.
Senator Gerald P. Nye, the idiot that started the anti-English Influence Into The Film Industry Investigation*, was giving a speech to America First when he was notified of the attack. Didn't miss a beat in his anti-Roosevelt tirade. After he finished his rant he went backstage to confirm the report. His response was "He must have tricked him", which is even stupider than what you said.
*Based on movies none of the investigators had seen, but fuck that shit shit.
