who was the president during world war two and did he want...

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Answer by Crystal
Submitted on 2/9/2004
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When the Japanese began to threaten Southeast Asia, Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the U.S. banks, resulting in a cutoff of Japanese oil supplies. This would be considered an act of war by Japan, and as such Japanese retaliation was expected by Roosevelt and fellow schemers. As the Japanese fleet approached Pearl Harbor, intelligence services in Britain and the U.S. knew of the approach. Churchill notified his Pacific commanders that the Japanese were heading for Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt, on the other hand, did not notify his commanders. Instead, he sent the most strategic ships (the aircraft carriers) out to sea where they would be safe, and instructed key observation outposts on the island of Kauai to stand down. It was over Kauai that the Japanese made their approach to Pearl Harbor.

Answer by Becker
Submitted on 2/9/2004
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it is not President Roosevelt lead us to war. we lost a ton of men in the attack on pearl harbor that is including women and men. all of our best ships were sunk also. were we just supposed to sit there in awe? we should have been on full alert though when we found out that the Japanese carriers were missing. anyways they deceived us. they said they wanted to stay at peace with America. and then they go bomb pearl harbor. we lost 8 ships including the Arizona which carried at least 7000 men. Admiral Isoroku Yamaoto (the leader of the attack) brought us into this war. the only way we could win with out having to lose the lives of many more were dropping the atom bombs in japan. i don't feel sorry for the Japanese who died from it. if we would not have done it. where would we be today? the dropping of the atom bombs surrendered the country of japan. if we would not have done it there would be a possibility of you or me being alive right now as i type this. i have to do a 7 page report on this so please tell me if any of my info is incorrect or what do you think about this?

Answer by Laura
Submitted on 3/7/2004
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In response to Crystal's answer Roosevelt did not receive the message about Pearl Harbor until after the event had already occurred. You see the normal translator was not present to receive the message from the Japanese. There were many warning signs, however, that did go unnoticed; radar scans noticed a group of planes approaching and they were told they were only seeing birds, also a U.S. boat spotted the planes and their warnings too went unanswered. In Roosevelt's Inaugural speech he promised that America would not enter the war, however, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Nazi threat, and the Japanese threat he could no longer remain "neutral." Harry S. Trueman received the presidency when Roosevelt died and the country was already in the war. Trueman was left to deal with the Germans, the Japanese, and the Russians becoming greedy over land. Trueman decided to use the atomic bombs on Japan ultimately ending the war.

Answer by Steve
Submitted on 3/28/2004
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Ben has the right idea, but didn't quite explain the part of the Japanese emperor really specifically. To understand that part, soldiers learned a strict moral code that dates back to the samurai age. They would give their lives for the emperor, to protect him at all costs. The US wasn't interested in removing the emperor. The Emperor was actually a lead figure much like the British Royal Family, but no real power. The real power was held by the militants led by Hideki Tojo. To force him to surrender, the US displayed their overwhelming power with the atomic bombs. The Emperor then told his advisors to force surrender and removed Tojo from any power. Another reason why the US dropped the atomic bombs was to show off to the Soviet Union, where US and USSR tensions were already growing. Truman wanted to scare the Soviets and obtain superiority (of course, the Soviets caught up, and soon after lead the two superpowers into the Cold War). Pearl Harbor happened in the first place because the Japanese believed that they could control a PACIFIC EMPIRE... only if the US was prevented from taking action against them. They planned for months on a surprise attack, that succeeded stunningly. Most ships sustained damage, and some, like the well known footage of the Arizona, were sunk. However, the Japanese miscalculated the effect of this attack on the American public. Instead of fearing the Japanese, the Americans were enraged, and FDR asked for war, which Congress nearly unanimously approved. During the next few years, the US's industrial prowess enabled them to build a large and strong navy to defeat the Japanese. Truman came near the end of the war, and did not contribute quite as much as FDR, who died in the Spring of 1945. It was Truman that helped end the war, and authorized the use of the Atomic bombs.

Answer by Realmz
Submitted on 5/4/2004
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Roosevelt wanted to help in the war effort to stop the facist powers but, he didn't actually want to go into a full out war (he promised he wouldn't) so he actually brkoe his own laws (neutrallity act) in his lend lease policy with the british and allied powers. After the bombing of pearl harbor, FDR knew that no if he did go to war, the american people wouldn't hate him for it, as that pretty much all of america was outraged at the attack. As for the atomic bombs being dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki, the US wanted the japanese to surrender first then they'd talk about what would happen, this was the us policy, unconditional surrender. It was estimated that an invasion of japan would lead to casualties in the serveral millions, the deaths from the two bombs would be a fraction of this. Truman hoped that it would convince someone in the japanese militant government to surrender, as well as show the soviets that the us had weapons like this (i think it was from the movie hiroshima "if we drop one, then it's all we have. If we drop two, then we'll have millions" i like that movie)

Answer by disappointed with what i've read
Submitted on 11/28/2004
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The bombings of Japan went a-head to justify the expenses of the bomb and also to keep the USSR out of any post-war peace settlements. Truman, in rivalry with the USSR, wanted to prove American supremacy by showing that he was prepared to use weapons of mass destruction. Isn't it funny how the only country concerned with ensuring 'world peace' had been the only country to use nuclear weapons? Maybe Truman was thinking long-term, that by using the atomic bombs a future nuclear war would be prevented, that nuclear weapons would serve as a deterrent in preventing global conflict. This has worked up until now, Iraq. America wanted vengeance after Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death march. the Japanese were portrayed by the American's as barbarians and were hated immensely. Nothing, not even pearl harbor can justify the bombings, millions of innocent lives were lost and the survivors suffered from radiation sickness, ultimately ending their lives. scientists even regret going to work on the bomb. Einstein even said that he wished he had become a 'black-smith' knowing what his work would lead to. Truman delayed the Potsdam meetings until he got word that the atomic bomb was ready to use. Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not stand a chance, it would have happened anyway. The decision to go ahead with the bombing was made the day before the Potsdam Declaration. Truman was determined to justify the expenses of the bomb. It is also important to remember that Truman lied to the American people to increase his chances of being re-elected. Had America and its Allies gone ahead with a land invasion, this would not have only been costly but would have cost American lives. However, the war would have still ended, Japan was already on the brink of surrender. It would have delayed the war by only a "matter of months" (James Byrnes). Truman should have accepted Japans conditional surrender, after all Japan did get to keep their Emperor after all. The real target was the USSR, the ultimate communist threat. It is hardly just that Japan had to suffer as a consequence. Truman used the bomb for his own selfish and non-democratic reasons; to increases his chances of being re-elected and to avoid a congressional inquiry for the mis-appropriation of $2 billion. Can America really call itself a democracy when their president lies to them and prevents them from the freedom of open debate? Now that's the larger question. I apologize for the poor grammar, mis-spelling and non paragraphing, but these points cannot be ignored and I don't really have time to spare because I have research to be getting back to. I do suggest however that you do some further reading of your own, just remember, don't accept everything you hear, do some real thinking for yourself.

Answer by Andy
Submitted on 2/24/2005
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The debate on why Truman decided to use the Atomic Bombs on Japan is a complicated and exhaustible one. Truman stated that an invasion of the Japanese home islands could cost up to 1million U.S. casualties. This however, has been debated by historians such as R. Miles Jr who quite rightly states that Truman does not give any evidence for this estimation. Where there other options to the Atomic Bombs? Yes. Truman could have continued a policy of Strategic bombing and continued blockade of Japan. Evidence from the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey of 1945 show that if this option was used then Japan would have capitulated in early December. Did Truman want unconditional surrender? Possibly but it is very important to remember that even after the bombs had been dropped it was a negotiated surrender that he accepted not an unconditional one. The Japanese Emperor remained in place. If it could be accepted after using the Atomic Bombs why not before? My conclusion would be that although other factors would have played apart in Truman's decision his main objective was to stop the spread of the Soviet Union (communism) and limit their influence in Manchuria and Japan.

Answer by Fran D.
Submitted on 2/28/2005
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Keep in mind that A: None of the previous replies show . anything about the eastern front B: there isn't one complete answer in here C: these are people you don't know 1: FDR was elected president in 1932 2: pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941 3: D-Day June 6th, 1944 4: TDR dies, 1945 5: Truman becomes pres. April 12th 1945 6: Mussolini Captured by partisans and . Executed April 28th 7: Hitler commits suicide April 30th 1945 8: Bomb dropped, August 6th Bomb dropped on . Hiroshima 9: Soviets declare war on Japan, August 7 10: Bomb dropped on Nagasaki August 9th 1945 11: Japanese surrender August 14th 1945 There were obviously more factors than just pearl harbor when the United States entered the war. WWII's Victory was not solely because of the US. Although the bombing of Japan played a large part in the Japanese surrender, it was not the only factor. Consider this: A: both of its major allies were defeated B: a new super power had just declared war on them C: The allied powers were...well still allied

Answer by Q
Submitted on 8/9/2005
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Clearly Roosevelt badly wanted the United States to go into the war, but the majority of American people opposed the idea. At first, congress had the Neutrality Acts to prevent the US to go into the war, but later when Roosevelt modified the administration a bit (like putting 11 people in the Supreme Court, 2 of them completely supported him), the Neutrality Acts were gradually repealed. I believed that it was the fact that Roosevelt knew and got the messages from the Japanese about the Pearl Harbor attack and ignored it. He had wished that if the attack occurred, Americans would no longer oppose the idea the US would go into WW2. After all, who would stand to see his country getting bombed by the invaders who we tried to stay away? We all at least have patriotism and pride. Besides all the evidences of the messages encryption in the secured naval documents that Robert Stinnett successfully interpreted, Colonel Donovan (Roosevelt's Coordinator of Information) also said when he met the president in white house in the evening of the attack, the president didn't seem to care about the people of Hawaii. All he cared about, he said, was whether now the Americans were willing to go into the war. I am not sure whether the reason wanted to go war was just primarily to help our British friend, but he did want to go into the war, and letting the Pearl Harbor attack happened was the only way to get rid of the "isolationism" that the American people preferred during that time.

Answer by Techgeist
Submitted on 2/13/2006
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The posting about how the left should stop revising history depresses me. So many Americans are so afraid of any change, especially changes in thought. It's one of the bad habits of our country, and it's sad that when somebody gets some new information and new perspective on history, which is always clearer in retrospect, just like everything else, you get loyalist fanatics trying to call them names and discredit them. Roosevelt WANTED to enter WWII, that has pretty much been established, and he IGNORED numerous warnings that could have prevented the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor from happening. But this is also kind of an American tradition. For further examples take a look at the incident that causes the Spanish American War, and at the Sept. 11th attacks. Any American leader who studies history can figure us easy--Americans are never really sure whether to go to war until we're attacked, so what's the best choice if you're an American leader and you want to join or start a particular war? Let yourself get attacked. The bombing at Pearl Harbor was, generally provoked, as someone has already mentioned, by U.S. sanctions against and blockades of Japanese interests in Asia, which if the U.S. had been truly neutral wouldn't have been happening. Also, Truman was itching to drop the atomic bomb pretty much as soon as Einstein told him it was possible to make one. For a number of reasons, many of which have already been mentioned. I don't think he should be excused for wanting to use such a horrific weapon against any nation or people, but you have to look more closely at the mentality of the time. Hitler was enacting mass genocide in Europe. The Germans, the British, and the Russians, the Japanese, and the Americans had all engaged in the practice of using large amounts of military hardware against civilian targets, mostly by dropping bombs on major population centers for no reason other than to make the citizens suffer and lower morale. This was the way WWII was fought, not just by soldiers in battlefields, but by acts of cruelty against normal people living in the middles of cities. So while I think Truman was in the wrong for using the atomic bomb, despite all the propaganda he cooked up to justify it, like the notion that the Japanese weren't planning to surrender and that more lives would be lost if he didn't use atomic force (he also promised the public that great care would be taken not to harm any civilians in the use of the atomic bomb), but he was just doing what basically any of the leaders of the time would have done.

Answer by froggy
Submitted on 3/10/2006
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Answer by chicken head
Submitted on 6/26/2007
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Roosevelt wanted to help in the war effort to stop the facist powers but, he didn't actually want to go into a full out war (he promised he wouldn't) so he actually brkoe his own laws (neutrallity act) in his lend lease policy with the british and allied powers. After the bombing of pearl harbor, FDR knew that no if he did go to war, the american people wouldn't hate him for it, as that pretty much all of america was outraged at the attack. As for the atomic bombs being dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki, the US wanted the japanese to surrender first then they'd talk about what would happen, this was the us policy, unconditional surrender. It was estimated that an invasion of japan would lead to casualties in the serveral millions, the deaths from the two bombs would be a fraction of this. Truman hoped that it would convince someone in the japanese militant government to surrender, as well as show the soviets that the us had weapons like this (i think it was from the movie hiroshima "if we drop one, then it's all we have. If we drop two, then we'll have millions" i like that movie)

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Question by Jessica
Submitted on 10/16/2003
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who was the president during world war two and did he want to go to war and if so why?

Answer by DrLou
Submitted on 11/25/2003
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There were 2 presidents during WWII. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and then Harry Truman. Mr. Roosevelt did not want to go to war, but he did want to support our British friends, who were already at war. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he felt he didn't have a choice. When Roosevelt died, Mr. Truman took over and did everything he could to end the war. Truman also ordered the use of the first atomic bomb, which some credit as a factor in ending the war.

Answer by apple
Submitted on 11/29/2003
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yes i agree with James he is right

Answer by Jen
Submitted on 1/14/2004
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I'm studying World War II in school right now and about President Roosevelt. I think that Drlou is exactly right about the question Jessica asked. But Roosevelt also went with the countries mood about the war. That is another reason why we ended up fighting in the war.

Answer by 11pd
Submitted on 1/31/2004
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numbe the stars tells you and james is right

Answer by Paige
Submitted on 2/19/2004
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who was the president in the Korean War???

Answer by ass
Submitted on 2/25/2004
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waaa

Answer by jesi
Submitted on 2/27/2004
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Actually I have a question. If the japanes would have not attack Pearl harbor would the U.S have enter the war? why?

Answer by Runner816
Submitted on 3/3/2004
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an answer to jesi... If japan had not bombed Pearl Harbor we would not have joined the war immediateley, but because of president Truman we most likely would have joined the war anyway.

Answer by jr
Submitted on 3/10/2004
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that's rite

Answer by BABES
Submitted on 3/15/2004
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WHAT WERE TRUMAN,S ATTRIBUTIONS TO THE WAR?

Answer by Cricket
Submitted on 3/22/2004
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Why did Pearl Harbor Happen in the first place?

Answer by CptDavid
Submitted on 3/25/2004
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It's amazing how the politically correct have affected peoples perception of World War 2. Painting a false picture of how the US is at fault for World War 2 is completely false. Additionally, the dropping of two atomic bombs, thus ending the war, saved lives. This is not speculation it is fact. The Japanese were not even close to surrendering. It would have cost the US and Japan hundreds of thousands of more lives to invade the Japanese mainland. History revision is dangerous. It would be nice if the left in this country would stop this nonsense.

Answer by ben
Submitted on 3/26/2004
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The dropping of the Atomic bombs was not necessary. The U.S. carpet bombed and completely annihilated over fifty Japanese cities before the dropping of the Atomic Bombs. The Japanese didn't surrender b/c they wanted to still have an emperor. After the US dropped the bombs, they still wouldn't surrender unless they could keep their emperor.The United States changed their conditions of surrender. The Japanese would have surrendered earlier if we had offered the deal earlier where they could keep their emperor.

Answer by Boost
Submitted on 3/31/2004
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Sorry but this is all wrong. Roosevelt wanted in the war so badly he could taste it( for what reason i haven't the slitest) Im not studying presidents but i don't know what he was thinking. Japan only did what they thought they had to. I am sorry for all those in japan wh died as well as here.

Answer by Nicole
Submitted on 5/2/2004
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***for BECKER*** did u ever find any info for ur 7 page paper?!?! lemme know!!! AOl sn: n1c0leh0pe<- - -i am ALWAYS on

Answer by PiMpCeNtRaL21
Submitted on 5/4/2004
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Hey all! NICOLE...how old r u? Talk to me on AIM tonight. AOL sn:PiMpCeNtRaL21

Answer by Gothboy
Submitted on 4/5/2004
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if anyone has any q's about nukes or some such thing i'm rite here

Answer by Lindsay
Submitted on 4/6/2004
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i agree w/ Boost. Roosevelt wanted in the war because Japan and Germany were formal military allies. entering war via a Japanese attack would give Roosevelt an excuse to enter into WWII but to destroy Hitler'sNazi forces

Answer by carlitos
Submitted on 4/13/2004
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You guys SUCK

Answer by Caleb
Submitted on 4/15/2004
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I agree with everything that everybody has said.

Answer by KTfromNC
Submitted on 4/17/2004
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I think that the U.S did what was needed to be done I mean we were mutilated at pearl harbor and the japs were given plenty of time to get the innocent people out that had nothing to do with the bombing of pearl harbor out, but they didnt and that would have to cost them, and it did, both phisically and emotionally, they were not only thousands of people short of fighting a war but they also were just completly beat down, their pride and honor was lost somewhere in the rubble of the former towns of hiroshima and nagasaki.

Answer by Nicole
Submitted on 4/25/2004
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If anyone knows anything about the government during World War II, please let me know. I have a report and i can not find anyhting on the internet.

Answer by mikie
Submitted on 4/26/2004
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if any one knows anything about how the economy changed after world war two help me out

Answer by chris
Submitted on 5/10/2004
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WWII was crap

Answer by Jessi
Submitted on 5/10/2004
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Was there a president back in WWII?

Answer by jessie
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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um............ did truman want to destroy the soviet union? if not, what did he want to do to it?

Answer by idontknowwhatthisshouldbe
Submitted on 5/17/2004
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who did roosevelt beat in the 1932 election? was it hoover

Answer by becker
Submitted on 6/7/2004
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for jessi, yes there was a prez in WWII. it was Roosevelt

Answer by kevin
Submitted on 9/12/2004
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roosevelt was uneasy about going to war with japan,by going to war with japan it is most likely unavoidable not to go to war with germany as well. knowing this roosevelt knew that going to war would cost thousands of american lives and that the cost of war would take a major toll on america. american'sattitude was to go to war before hitler marched down our streets. this also played a factor in roosevelt'sdecision,but after pearl harbor whether you wanted to or not war was unavoidable,and to dr.lou,going to war to help our brittish friends would have to result in war with germany because that is who britian was fighting

Answer by Lor
Submitted on 10/20/2004
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What presidents served in WWII... and do you have sites 2 visit?

Answer by BOB
Submitted on 10/21/2004
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I AM SCARED OF THIS WEBSITE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by Tracie :)
Submitted on 11/7/2004
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World War 2 was a very difficulty time 4 everyone living during that time. Hitler was trying to kill off every Jew, America was imprisoning Japanese Americans, and people were suffering all over the world. America had to go to war or else Hitler could have completed what he desired to complete, destruction of the Jewish people and their religion all together.

Answer by west
Submitted on 11/10/2004
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Eat cheese fool

Answer by lilblondie
Submitted on 11/14/2004
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Roosevelt

Answer by manni
Submitted on 11/21/2004
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DOes anyone know how did our executive branch of government handle diplomacy and propoganda for world war 2?

Answer by aaaa
Submitted on 11/28/2004
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you all should actually check out the other aspect of pearl harbor and FDR....although it is far fetched it is very interesting. Their are lots of books written suggesting that Pearl Harbor was a conspiracy and that everything was known to Roosevelt.