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Originally posted by buckeyefan78
1. The U.S. provoked the Japanese to attack an American entity ( I'm still on the fringe group claiming FDR not only provoked, but encouraged and ALLOWED the attack).
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I believe the US provoked the Japanese by cutting of trade with Japan, but saying FDR "encouraged and ALLOWED" Japan to attack Pearl Harbor is way out there (I guess that's why it's called a "fring group"
). I just can't seem to come to my senses with the fact that the US should have seen it coming. They tried to stay neutral during WWI but that didn't last long. Hmmm...Sitting here writing this now, 78, I'm starting to think that maybe FDR did in fact encourage (but still not allow) the Japanese to attack; why else would you put such a powerful naval base in the Pacific (almost like he was waiting to attack first)? I don't know. It's very interesting either way.