How many papers have you written on the subject? I have researched and written about ten college level papers on WWII and the interwar period, so my opinions are not based on TV.
The key words are "Free Trade"! How many jet airliners must be hijacked and destroyed before you or Ron Paul realize that the U.S. is not so insular as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries. The U.S. didn't enter WWI because it was militarily attacked in 1917. It entered the war because Germany "threatened" to interdict "Free Trade" with U-boats. Like WWI Germany, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor so it could create a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere which excluded Western powers from "Free Trade" in Asia.
The nature of post-WWI Germany compared with the nature of post-WWII Germany and Japan reflect the efficacy of post war "nation building".
Anyone who thinks soldiers, sailors and marines are "policemen" are ignorant and have no appreciation of what soldiers, sailors and marines are trained to do.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
So in all that research, your conclusion was that "Japan attacked Pearl Harbor so it could create a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere which excluded Western powers from "Free Trade" in Asia"? Did your vast research not lead you to find out that our Government had cracked the Japanese radio codes and knew full well that the attack on Peal Harbor was coming?
On November 25, 1941 Japan’s Admiral Yamamoto sent a radio message to the group of Japanese warships that would attack Pearl Harbor on December 7. Newly released naval records prove that from November 17 to 25 the United States Navy intercepted eighty-three messages that Yamamoto sent to his carriers. Part of the November 25 message read: “...the task force, keeping its movements strictly secret and maintaining close guard against submarines and aircraft, shall advance into Hawaiian waters, and upon the very opening of hostilities shall attack the main force of the United States fleet in Hawaii and deal it a mortal blow...”.
Did it tell you that FDR wanted to get into the war but needed a "call to action" in order to drum up public support since eighty to ninety percent of the American people wanted nothing to do with Europe’s war. Did your research tell you that
in late November 1941 an order was sent out to all US military commanders that stated: “The United States desires that Japan commit the first overt act.” According to Secretary of War Stimson, the order came directly from President Roosevelt. Did your research lead to discovering the “overt act of war” plan that President Roosevelt adopted on October 7, 1940?
I could go on and on but the point is that the Pearl Harbor Attack was just one more example of the Military Industrial Complex letting things happen or using false flag terror attacks in order to push their agenda.
As for your comment that "Anyone who thinks soldiers, sailors and marines are "policemen" are ignorant and have no appreciation of what soldiers, sailors and marines are trained to do."
I didn't say they were policemen. I said the troops have been used to police the world. There is a big difference. I do support our troops, I do not support the Government and Military leaders who are controlled by the Military Industrial Complex. That being said, it is an undesputable fact that our troops are being trained to take on American citizens and are trained on door-to-door gun confiscation. This type of thing happens routinely in Iraq. Hell, the Austin Swat Team went to Iraq to train in door-to-door gun confiscation along side the troops. All I can tell you is to do some more research and find out what is really going on in the world.
