George wrote:
"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. ..

... There is also credible evidence that the Roosevelt
administration deliberately ignored warnings of an impending
Japanese
attack,
in the knowledge that it would give an excuse for entering a war
that the
American populace strongly favored staying _out_ of.

I've never seen that accusation substantiated.



FDR did express the desirability of having Japan make the first
hostile act,
even if he didn't deliberately provoke it. ...

Are you forgetting the Flying Tigers?

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FF