Re: No Peace Possible
  By: Robert Bashe to BOB ACKLEY on Tue May 08 2018 10:45 am

RB> The problem, as I've read, was the oil embargo opf the USA, forcing Japan
RB> to look elsewhere for supplies. Whether this was the intent of Roosevelt -
RB> as I've read - is a moot point. At the time, the isolationist/anti-war
RB> fraction were strong in the USA. That only changed after Pearl Harbor.

Stories of Roosevelt's oil embargo makes you wonder if the US allowed the
attack on Pearl Harbor as a feint. While I'm sure it could be dumb luck, I love
a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person, and having the carriers
that turned the war in that theater be less than a day away from the attack
seems odd. The ships that were destroyed were the ones that won the last war.
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