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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: AWACS and Pearl Harbour.
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Date: Sat, 27-Sep-86 05:22:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 27 05:22:08 1986
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In article <789@mit-vax.UUCP> oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) writes:
>You guys have it all wrong.  Roosevelt knew the Japanese were about to
>attack, and let it happen by surprise so we'd take a serious defeat in
>the first attack.  The US might not get behind getting into the war if
>we weren't seriously provoked, and  an unsuccessful or  only partially
>successful attack on Pearl Harbor might not do it.
>
>My informants tell me he was  fairly satisfied with  the result.  Note
>that he and the navy top brass made sure the carriers were out of town
>when the shit hit the fan - it's not like he was expecting to give the
>whole store away.

   This is what even the armchair historians call "unsubstantiated innuendo."
Not to mention insulting to "you guys" (may I presume that I am included in
this illustrious group?).  No doubt "you guys" refers to those dolts who
have wasted time studying the history of the subject.

   -- David desJardins