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Old Nov 6, 2003, 05:16 pm   #13 (permalink) (top)
G. Adams
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There are multiple accounts of Roosevelt ignoring warnings prior to the pearl Harbour attack. And I was just proving my point with that, if that is too shakey and dubious, how about Gulf of Tonkin?

The US was not openly involved militarily in WWII until Pearl Harbour, after which Germany declared war on the US, so then you entered the war. Prior to that your involvement in the war was lend-lease with GB (where we literally gave you all the gold the British Empire owned, now I wonder how the US climbed out of the depression...) and clearing the atlantic lanes of Germans who were sinking supplies to Britain.

It wasn't mean to offend, just an example of indirect state terrorism. Stick with Gulf of Tonkin for now on.


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