July, 1924

“Japan knows full well that the United States will probably enter the next war with the methods and weapons of the former war…It also knows full well that the defense of the Hawaiian group is based on the island of Oahu and not on the defense of the whole group.”

“The Japanese bombardment, (would be) 100 (air) ships organized into four squadrons of 25 (air) ships each. The objectives for attack are:

1.Ford Island, airdrome, hangers, storehouses and ammunition dumps;

2.Navy fuel oil tanks;

3.Water supply of Honolulu;

4.Water supply of Schofield;

5.Schofield Barracks airdrome and troop establishments;

6.Naval submarine station;

7. City and wharves of Honolulu.”

“Attack will be launched as follows: bombardment, attack to be made on Ford Island at 7:30 a.m.

“Attack to be made on Clark Field (Philippine Islands) at 10:40 a.m.”

“Japanese pursuit aviation will meet bombardment over Clark Field, proceeding by squadrons, one at 3000 feet to Clark Field from the southeast and with the sun at their back, one at 5000 feet from the north and one at 10,000 feet from the west. Should U.S. pursuit e destroyed or fail to appear, airdrome would be attacked with machineguns.”

“The (Japanese) air force would then carry out a systematic siege against Corregidor.”

“The United States must not render herself completely defenseless on the one hand thinking that a war with Japan is an impossibility, and on the other by sticking to methods and means of making war as obsolete as the bow and arrow is for the military rifle.”

He wrote a wonderful little book with the same title: All wars are Rackets. Check it out on Amazon, etc.

And getting back to the time preceding WWII, don’t forget that FDR, after eight miserable years of his depression and 25% unemployment, had to do something desperate to get the boys employed. And what better way than to generate a war to make the world safe for democracy and to get the wheels of commerce spinning once again, etc.

Sorry to say it, but even the first war of the new republic was a war, not for independence for the common folks, but for real estate speculators who wanted to go beyond the Appalacians to scoop up cheap land for like a few cents an acre. However, King George–not the present one but the first one–decreed that that was his domain and his alone. Cui bono?

1. Nobody in their right minds really believes them.
2. It makes people feel less vulnerable, and preserves the fantasy that the government is omnipotent.
3. It keep people distracted from the secret moon base built in cooperation with aliens, who are growing an army of human-alien hybrids to fight an intergalactic war with the insectoid scourge.

No slight was intended, and I do appreciate the sacrifice the soldiers and personnel of the US military throughout the years.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was quite audacious, radio silence was not just some advantage, it was a necessity. It was a bold move on their part.

I also think the Unanswered Question #3 section about FDR provoking the Japanese is lacking. Most of the material is unsourced, and in particular it leaves out at least one important detail. The Japanese had started an imperialistic war to seize natural resources. They were the aggressors. When FDR put on the embargo, they had two options: end their war to get the sanctions lifted, or invade even more territories to grab the natural resources they wanted. The Japanese chose the latter.

Why does one build a sky scraper if not to make more people fall from higher.