PEARL HARBOR {masterlist}

Despite what any romantic re-rendering may imply, the old conspiracy theories are - or seem to be by the evidence - absolutely true. No matter the sentimental attachment and fuzzy feelings Americans have to the old mythology, it's high time to realize that Roosevelt and his people did everything in their power to ensure those sailors would die and those ships would be sunk. It was needed to write the next phase of the (perhaps necessary) master script - the US entry into WWII. This is a democracy, after all, and getting the public on board is of the utmost importance. If it can't be done with truth, it can be done with a well-placed lie, preferrably so large and ugly few will WANT to see it.

This post is to organize the sub-posts dealing with the engineering of the Pearl Harbor attack and the political aftermath.

What Pearl Harbors Do: Isolating the Isolationists
WHAT WE KNEW BEFORE 1999
I) 1930s: Merchants of Death, WWI, isolationism, Smedley Butler, etc. Amid the Great Depression, with Fascism and Communism on the rise in Europe, America under FDR is at a Crossroads.
II) - Japan and the back door to war
III) Adm. Richardson out of step with FDR's new provocation policy. What was really behind Richardson's relenquishing control over the Pacific Fleet at 1941's dawn?
IV) After Pearl Harbor : What a Catalyzing Event Looks Like - from Pearl Harbor through WWII and into the Cold War and the National Security State.

Stinnett's Case:
WHAT WE KNEW AFTER 1999
The old arguments and de-bunking you've heard around are likely based on a 20th century analysis, which presented a strong case but was far from provable and has remained in limbo, less widely believed than many far sillier theories. Since 1999, at least one major new piece of evidence has been added - the "smoking gun," Lt. Com. Arthur McCollum's October 7 1940 memo that outlined FDR's later actions that led to the 12/7 attack. The significance of this revelation cannot be overstated, and the story of how its publisher, Robert stinnett, came into awareness of it is a central thread of the "12/7-9/11 circuit" masterlist.
- V) A Necessary Evil?
- VI) The Pearl Harbor Smoking Gun: McCollum's Memo. October 1940 - the road to 12/7 is set upon.
- VII) Preventing Prevention
- VIII) The Nail in the Coffin?
- IX) Never Mind: Stinnett just sort of drops the issue of provocation after 9/11. What's up with that? check out the "Bush Family 12/7-9/11 Circuit" post for some possible clues.