"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
k.net...
http://www.amconmag.com/2003/09_08_03/buchanan.html
Yet, even as Bush and Tony Blair today face charges of having "lied us
into
war," so, too, did FDR. Even more so.

Indeed, why did Japan, an island nation smaller than Montana, attack the
most powerful nation on earth? How did Hirohito and Tojo expect to win a
war
to the death with America that they must have known a surprise attack on
Pearl Harbor would ignite?

Tojo and Hirohito share one thing in common with you, Buchanan and Hitler.
They were all delusional. The Japanese militarists felt that war with the US
over domination of the Pacific rim was inevitable and welcomed it, thinking
that Japan would prevail. Many in the military, including folks like
Yamamoto, knew that this wasn't true. History has proven over and over again
that the type of reflexive isolationism espoused by Buchanan and the America
First Committee in the 30's is a serious mistake that leads to events like
WWII. Early intervention by ANY of the major European powers in the 1930's
would have relegated Hitler to a historical footnote, which is the real
dirty secret. A strong military demonstration by the US in the 30's would
have discouraged the Japanese militarists from the adventurism they
subsequently embarked on, with disastrous results.

John Cairns