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In reply to the discussion: Hiroshima - quit lying to yourselves [View all]boomer55
(592 posts)Ever since World War II Americans have generally believed, because that is what they were told to believe, that America was just peacefully minding its own business when Japan, for no reason at all other than their own aggression, came out of nowhere to attack America. In other words, that America was an "innocent victim". This is not the case, though. The Japanese were being provoked and baited by the FDR administration because even though FDR knew it was essential to enter the war against the fascists, the political opposition from American conservatives was too strong. There were supporters of the fascist actively working in the US to keep America out of the war.
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/fdr_provoked_the_japanese_attack.htm
we made up a list of things to do to piss off the Japanese and goad them into attacking us. That list was followed and they attacked.