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Tue Dec-07-04 10:00 PM
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68. I don't think so. Because, had he known, he could have at least defended

against the attack. I don't think Americans wouldn't have been any less willing to enter the war had the US Navy been ready and countered the attack on the high seas rather than just waited there like sitting ducks.

Furthermore, on December 7 and 8, I believe (if I'm not incorrect) Japan attacked Hong Kong, Malay, Midway and a couple other places in addition to Pearl Harbor. NONE of those countries were ready for the attack. It wasn't just the US that was taken by surprise. I find it heard to believe that the US alone would have figured it out but none of those other places.

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