"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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We've never been against pre-emptive strikes. I don't believe there was a
President who, knowing the US was about to be attacked, wouldn't have
taken
action to prevent such attack. They just didn't put it into words.

Read up on Pearl Harbor.

There is a lot of evidence that Roosevelt knew of the coming attack, and
used it to make sure the USA entered the war officially.