Japan launched a sneak attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Many lives were lost along with naval vessels, battleships, and fighter jets. This is known as a very tragic surprise attack. But the question I have come across after doing research is was this really a surprise attack?
I would have never thought that the attack on Pearl Harbor was not a surprise and could have been prevented. But in fact, it was not a surprise and it could have been prevented. Hawaii commanders were in fact surprised by the attack but that was not the case in Washington, D.C. James Perloff states, "Comprehensive research has shown not only that Washington knew in advance of the attack, but that it deliberately withheld its foreknowledge from our commanders in Hawaii in the hope that the 'surprise' attack would catapult the U.S. into World War II." The majority of the public and congress were opposed to entering into the war so FDR saw this as his way to get the nation's support.
Before Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt sent Harry Hopkins to meet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in January 1941. James Perloff also said in his article, "Pearl Harbor: Hawaii Was Surprised; FDR Was Not", that Hopkins told Churchill: "The President is determined that we [the United States and England] shall win the war together. Make no mistake about it. He has sent me here to tell you that at all costs and by all means he will carry you through, no matter what happens to him — there is nothing he will not do so far as he has human power." Roger A. Stolley wrote an article "Pearl Harbor Attack No Surprise" also giving proof that FDR anticipated the attack and made no steps to prevent it. Stolley worked with a man named Clifford M. Andrew, a former U.S. Army Intelligence officer. Clifford once told Stolley, "Five men were directly responsible for what happened at Pearl Harbor. I am one of those five men ... We knew well in advance that the Japanese were going to attack. At least nine months before the Japanese attack upon Pearl Harbor, I was assigned to prepare for it." I cannot begin to wrap my head around the fact that at least 5 men knew Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked and made no effort to stop it.
Roosevelt's intentions were almost exposed in 1940. A code clerk at the U.S. Embassy in London, by the name of Tyler Clerk, found letters between Roosevelt and Churchill. These letters showed that Roosevelt intended to engage America in the war. Kent tried to smuggle the documents out of the embassy but before he was able to he was caught. He spent time in prison until the war was over.
Pearl Harbor is the Mother of all Conspiracies. Not only did FDR know the attack was coming, he provoked it. Patrick J. Buchanan states before Japan attack Pearl Harbor, the U.S. "froze all Japanese assets in the United States, ending all exports and imports, and denying Japan the oil upon which the nation and empire depended." FDR provoked the attack, knew about it in advance, and did not warn anyone just so he could get the public's support of the war. This shows how much that the government hides from us. I am sure there are many disgusting secrets the government is hiding from the public as of today. Roger A. Stolley states, "Pearl Harbor is an example of how a small group of men in control of government has the power to destroy the life, property, and freedom of its citizens. How can this nation, or any nation, survive when its electorate is uninformed, that government hides the truth, labels it top secret, and destroys it." I view FDR as a traitor for provoking Japan to attack and forcing us to enter into war. He sacrificed American lives and until the full truth is told about this event, the men who were killed and their families continue to be dishonored.
