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Originally Posted by Sethomas
I would "buy" it, but I don't officially hold that stance. Mostly I feel that this was likely what Pearl Harbor likely was, an aggressive attack that would have happened, but could have been largely softened by intelligence we did factually have and deliberately ignored.
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There was an interesting special on the attack on Pearl Harbor the weekend before last on the History Channel. Basically, the majority of experts in the documentary charged that FDR pressed for the attack on Pearl Harbor in passive-aggressive sorts of maneuvers. Aggressive in some political maneuvering while ignoring (or denying?) a mountain of intelligence. Even some speculation that, since Japan was an ally to Germany, that this aggression by Japan would be a back-door entry into Germany declaring war on us. It was only a matter of days before Germany did just that. In both cases, we were made to look like the victim. Could this be the effect that the FDR administration wanted? Interesting. I never before heard quite that spin on the U.S. participation in WWII.