In all my years of listening to people who spout the Pearl Harbor conspiracy theory, I've never heard one who could explain how Roosevelt got Hitler to go in on the conspiracy. By his declaring war on the US he relieved Roosevlet of a lot of political headaches. Roosevelt certainly wanted the US in the war---the war in Europe. Under the terms of the Tripartite Pact, Hitler was under no obligation to declare war on the US if Japan did so. Frankly, Hitler wasn't exactly know for honoring pacts even if it had. And Japan certainly hadn't endeared itself to Hitler when they didn't declare war on Russia.
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