What I've said about FDR and Pearl Harbor for years

New article out today: FDR warned of Pearl Harbor attack days in advance. England had been bombed for a year--a full year straight. Europe wanted and needed us--the US--to join the fight against the Germans and their allies in the war and badly. The American people were strictly isolationist and didn't think they had to get involved. It was "their war", after all. President Roosevelt knew what was going on in Europe, having consulted directly with England's Prime Minister Churchill and many others, and for a long time. I always thought that someone, somewhere, might, one day, find some communication that showed that FDR knew the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese was coming but intentionally ignored it. He knew, I think, he needed the nation behind him and this was likely the only way, unfortunately, tragically, to get them there. He probably hoped it would be a small attack, of course, and that not many would be hurt or--heaven forbid--killed. He likely crossed his fingers, turned out his bedlamp and went to sleep, aware of what might come. All that said, it's what needed to happen, again, unfortunately. He made the right call. But then, admittedly, this is easy "Monday morning quarterbacking." What he did took guts. Links: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/fdr-warned-pearl-harbor-attack-days-advance-164032040.html; http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/29/declassified-memo-hinted-of-1941-hawaii-attack-; http://www.amazon.com/December-1941-Changed-America-Saved/dp/1595554572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322568083&38;sr=8-1