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US State Sponsored Terrorism Against Americans ~ Our History

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Battleship Maine, Sinking of the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Liberty, Oaklahoma City Bombing, 911 ... FDR and the stripping of the naval and airplane and military defenses of Hawaii particularly of the naval defenses was another great cause of the disaster at Pearl Harbor. And this was done by the amateur Commander-in-chief over the advice and protests of his military and naval advisers and of Admiral Kimmel and General Short.

This pathetic tragedy of blunders may be summed up as follows: 1. By January l, 1941, Roosevelt had decided to go to war with Japan.
2. But he had solemnly pledged the people he would not take their sons to foreign wars unless attacked. Hence he dared not attack and so decided to provoke the Japanese to do so.
3. He kept all this a secret from the Army and Navy.
4. He felt the moment to provoke the attack had come by November. He ended negotiations abruptly November 26 by handing the Japanese an ultimatum which he knew they dared not comply with.
5. Immediately he knew his ruse would succeed, that the Japanese looked upon relations as ended and were preparing for the assault. He knew this from the intercepted messages.
6. He was certain the attack would be against British territory, at Singapore perhaps, and perhaps on the Philippines or Guam. If on the Philippines or Guam he would have his desired attack. But if only British territory were attacked could he safely start shooting? He decided he could and committed himself to the British government. Rut he never revealed this to his naval chief.
7. He did not order Short to change his alert and he did not order Kimmel to take his fleet out of Pearl Harbor, out where it could defend itself, because he wanted to create the appearance of being completely at peace and surprised when the Japs started shooting. Hence he ordered Kimmel and Short not to do anything to cause alarm or suspicion. He was completely sure the Japanese would not strike at Pearl Harbor.
8. Thus he completely miscalculated. He disregarded the advice of men who always held that Pearl Harbor would be first attacked. He disregarded the warning implicit in the hour chosen for attack and called to Knox's attention. He disregarded the advice of his chiefs that we were unprepared.
9. When the attack came he was appalled and frightened. He dared not give the facts to the country. To save himself he maneuvered to lay the blame upon Kimmel and Short. To prevent them from proving their innocence he refused them a trial. When the case was investigated by two naval and army boards, he suppressed the reports. He threatened prosecution to any man who would tell the truth.

Now, if there is a shred of decency left in the American people they will demand that Congress open the whole ugly business to the light of day.

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  • "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. Winston Churchill

  • @yah667 you don't get it do ya?

    NO ONE WINS

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  • it is sad how usa has fallen. it seemes that big countries are douches, no mather what. this is why future is for small countries.

  • Great video. At lease we're on the winning side!!:)

  • And people wonder why we are so hated by the Arab world? I have a friend that lives in Hungary and he was telling me about a $3billion payment given to Bin Laden by the CIA for taking the blame for 9/11. He also said that people over there are not considered Terrorists until the U.S. deems them that way. It's OK though, Russia is getting tired of our lies and threatening a nuclear strike when we invade Iran. Stay tuned it's coming this year. God save us all.

  • Sickening.

  • i think they fucked up at 7:50, they went to a different spot

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