Talk:Pearl Harbor conspiracy theory
To what extent did FDR, and 'the military and administrative leaderships' expect/plan for #some# involvement in WWII - to protect the US' interests abroad? Pearl Harbor meant that the US was at war with #only# Japan - the only reason 'the war on terror' was extended to Germany was due to Hitler's declaration of war on the US in support of Japan. 212.85.6.26 (talk) 17:20, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- Where is my favourite idea? That Pearl Harbor was a false flag operation by Australia to bring the US into the war to assist them. - π
23:28, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- I haven't head that one, so you know more than I do. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 23:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- I have only ever seen it once, I'll see if I can find again. - π
23:34, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
- I have only ever seen it once, I'll see if I can find again. - π
- I haven't head that one, so you know more than I do. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 23:32, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
[edit] One Thing
Went to the FDR museum/presidential library, and they actually have documents from earlier in the year about US Intelligence hearing about the Japanese planning to attack Pearl Harbor. Now, what they said was that it was just filed away and forgotten about, but it is an interesting fact. --PosthumanHeresy (talk) 03:27, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
- The parallel between that and "Bin Laden determined to attack United States" is interesting. In both cases, such a document sounds very incriminating after-the-fact. But beforehand, it's just signal in a sea of noise, and not terribly useful signal at that. What should FDR have done -- shut down Pearl Harbor altogether? That would only have shifted the threat to another island base, presumably.
- Of course, I am speaking out of ignorance here; there may well be standard military procedures to deal with the knowledge of an enemy planning to attack a certain location. But I feel that the sea-of-noise point still basically stands. (And I do think the US could have better anticipated 9/11, but there was a whole dysfunctional system beyond the ignorance of the one document, such as the friction between the CIA and the FBI.) 209.158.7.20 (talk) 01:15, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
[edit] Not up to SpaceBattles standards ;___;
Apparently. So! We have just failed to be up to scratch for our beloved public, when they are confronted with a conspiracy bozo! I think the missing ingredient would be citations. Anyone know this area well? - David Gerard (talk) 12:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)