On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Ken Koester wrote: > >Now the interesting thing is, there is evidence that some feel that the US > >was aware that the Japanese had an attack planned, and allowed it to happen, > >thus causing a public outcry that would allow a military response towards > >Japan. > I don't think there is *any* credible evidence that US planners were > aware of this. Folks have tried to show this for decades (mostly > because they don't like Roosevelt), but I've seen nothing that can even > be stretched into such a conclusion. I never really understood those attempts myself. It's not like there isn't a surfeit of valid reasons to dislike the Roosevelt administration without going out of one's way to concoct additional ones. pe