On Dec. 8, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt took the rostrum before a joint session of Congress to ask for a declaration of war on Japan.
A day earlier, at dawn, carrier-based Japanese aircraft had launched a sneak attack devastating the U.S. battle fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Said ex-President Herbert Hoover, Republican statesman of the day, “We have only one job to do now, and that is to defeat Japan.”
But to friends, “the Chief” sent another message: “You and I know that this continuous putting pins in rattlesnakes finally got this country bit.”
Today, 70 years after Pearl Harbor, a remarkable secret history, written from 1943 to 1963, has come to light. It is Hoover’s explanation of what happened before, during and after the world war that may prove yet the death knell of the West.
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Then there was rhe story of the soldier that held a door for a Japanese tourist who said "Sank You". The soldier cold cocked the tourist.
ReplyDeleteThe only way the US could enter the war was to be attacked (people did not want war.) The war got the country back to work - thus ending the depression. At least, that was my parents' take on it and I have seen very little evidence to the contrary.
ReplyDelete5:45-I don't know if the dates correspond to back up their claim,but the war did indeed put people back to work.Beginning in 2014,if all goes as expected,Republicans will once again have control and the military will begin a major rebuilding phase.That should at least be the equivalent of the WW2 war effort,even if we aren't at war.At least jobs will be available for those with the gumption to work.
ReplyDeleteThis is a re-hash. Most of the public in '42 ( including me) understood that Roosevelt had pushed Japan too far. It was no "secret."
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