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Old 01-11-08, 03:57 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by sonar732
This situation goes with all accusations posted on a forum.

"Give me one theory, and I'll post 5 others that will debunk them."

Gotta love the internet and google.
Except this is an academic article published in Intelligence and National Security called "Stinnett's Day of Deceit: Pearl Harbour Revisionism" by John C. Zimmerman that exposes the shoddy work done by some of these authors including Stinnett quited in WS article. One point is there is no evidence that the Kido Butai broke radio silence, on the contrary there is a lot to indicate they did guard it. About the November 25th message I'd want to see if that is a genuine decoded message and the context it was decoded in. Now does anyone want to read it or not??

Another point, FDR could not be sure that war with Japan would lead to war with Germany, how could anyone be sure? That is speculation and really difficult to prove in any case.
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