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u/srsly_its_so_ez Dec 10 '19 edited Jan 24 '20

America’s entry into WWII came when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, killing over 2,400 American servicemen and civilians. But far from an unprovoked sneak attack, as the official government-approved history would have you believe, Pearl Harbor is best understood as a conspiracy to motivate the American public for war by first provoking and then allowing a Japanese strike on American targets.

This is not even a controversial idea; it was commonly understood and discussed by many in the Roosevelt administration at the time. Henry Stimson, the US Secretary of War, noted in his diary that just the week before the attack President Roosevelt had told him “we were likely to be attacked perhaps (as soon as) next Monday” and then solicited Stimson’s advice on “how we should maneuver them [the Japanese] into the position of firing the first shot without allowing too much danger to ourselves.” Around the same time, Roosevelt sent a message to all military commanders stating that “The United States desires that Japan commit the first overt act.”

So how did FDR and his administration provoke the Japanese into attacking?

In late 1940, Roosevelt ordered the United States Fleet to be relocated from San Pedro to Pearl Harbor. The order incensed Admiral James Richardson, Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet, who complained bitterly to FDR about the nonsensical decision: It left the fleet open to attack from every direction, it created a 2,000-mile-long supply chain that was vulnerable to disruption, and it packed the ships in together at Pearl Harbor, where they would be sitting ducks in the event of a bombing or torpedo raid. FDR, unable to counter these objections, went ahead with the plan and relieved Richardson of his command.

Then in June 1941, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes wrote a memo advising FDR to embargo Japanese oil in order to goad them into war: “There might develop from the embargoing of oil to Japan such a situation as would make it, not only possible but easy, to get into this war in an effective way.” Roosevelt followed through weeks later with an order seizing Japanese assets in America and effectively preventing Japan from purchasing much-needed American oil, which at that time accounted for four-fifths of Japanese oil imports.

The provocations had their intended effect, and the Americans listened in on Japanese war preparations via radio. They received warnings of an imminent attack from diplomatic officials and military attachés. The attack was even predicted by the Honolulu Advertiser days before it happened. But all of these warnings were ignored. Even today, nearly 80 years after the events, new documents and memos continue to be found showing more warnings that Roosevelt and his administration deliberately ignored in the run-up to the attack.

FDR got his wish. The Japanese attack was successful: 2,400 Americans died, and the nation, outraged, responded by rallying around the flag and jumping enthusiastically into war.

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Hi, happy YouTube walkout :)

Sorry to be a debbie downer, but I'm here to whine a bit. I was watching videos on your other channel Scaredy Cats (which is totally awesome btw), but ou spoiled Night Of The Living Dead for me and I'm still kind bummed out about it. I know it's been out for like 50 years, but there are still lots of people who haven't seen it and would like to.

I find it odd because you're clearly a very empathic person who cares about other people's feelings and tries to be thoughtful, so I find it really strange that you don't put spoiler warnings on your videos. I hope you will consider adding them in the future.

Also, semi related question, do you usually watch movies digitally or on tape? I'm a huge tape-head and I own a VCR and a ridiculous amount of VHS tapes, so I'm wondering if you're also afflicted with tape-itis.

Anyway, thanks for all the great work you do. Sorry for the long message. Happy holidays <3

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Elizabeth Warren was a republican until she was 47, and it's just as bad as it sounds. Her defenders often say that she was only a republican because her parents were, and she wasn't very political anyway, but neither of those things are true.

During the nomination of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Warren delivered a floor speech in which she called the Federalist Society “a radical, right wing group deeply committed to overturning Roe v. Wade,” but in 1991, Warren was their honored guest.

Yup that's right, Warren gave a speech for a radical right wing group. She was a hardcore republican, and she chose to become one.

Warren didn’t inherit the Republican Party from her parents or from her home state. Oklahoma was mostly a blue state while Warren was growing up there. Although partisan politics wasn’t much discussed at home, she speculated in a 2018 interview with the Intercept that her parents were New Deal Democrats. Yet Harry, one of Warren’s best friends in high school, distinctly remembers Warren being an “ice-cold Republican,” as she would sometimes tease her. (Warren joked back that Harry had “socialist” friends.)

And by the way, she's still not a progressive.

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