From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Nov 16 2004 - 10:06:46 PST
At 9:21 AM -0800 11/16/04, Jack wrote:
>
>Rebuttal: The major difference between these two
>disastrous events was the US was attacked in peace
>time and without warning. To make matters worse it
>was while diplomatic negotiations were under way.
We had warning. That's why the Navy was getting built up. But it was
strategic warning, not a tactical warning for that day or even that
month. FDR was insightful for building the USN to it's strength at
the time with regards to a lot of the carriers and other Surface
Warfare assets.
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