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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Of course I watched the video first- I wouldn't comment on it if I hadn't.
Your comments about Pearl Harbour- pure drivel straight form the video.
The Pacific fleet was the pride of the USA navy, not 'old stuff' and it was pure chance the three aircraft carriers weren't caught as well. America was crippled-you suggest that was Americas intention? Silly.
If the USA had set up Pearl Harbour to tempt the Japanese to attack don't you think they'd have been waiting for them? They had over 400 aircraft even without the carriers and could have stopped the Japanese there and then.
Stop reading this bull, MargaretR, start reading history.
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While I don't think that Pearl Harbor was a set up, it is difficult to deny that the US battleships were old to the point of being obsolete. Not only was the US not crippled, neither was Pearl Harbor. There were many tactical mistakes made by the Japanese, probably because Admiral Nagumo was a "battleship admiral" who had little familiarity with naval aviation. The yanks in their arrogant isolation had neglected to take note of British success at Taranto. The Japanese observers did take note, hence their dramatic but limited success. The yanks didn't line up their battleships in a row because of some sinister plot; they did it because the local commader, Kimmel, was an idiot ... and there were idiots higher up who did nothing to correct the insane dispositions he made.
However, I do agree that most conspiracy theories, while fascinating, are total bs. If the yanks with their loyal allies in Jerusalem and London want to attack Iran, they don't need a complex conspiracy, merely a flimsy excuse.