Yes, it is December 7th, and today marks the 76th anniversary of that fateful day when the Japanese Imperial Navy (IJN) launched some 351 aircraft in two waves on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaii.... The attack sunk or heavily damaged some dozen major American combat vessels, destroyed some 200 aircraft on the ground, and killed over 2400 Americans on the island of Oahu... It has always been said that this attack was an unprovoked "surprise attack" by the Japanese on America, but now after 76 years I see things so much differently....I have long said that the criminal US President at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, absolutely did everything in his power to provoke the Japanese to attack the naval base at Pearl Harbor, and I have in previous articles shown that evidence... And for this article, I want to present the following important video that shows proof positive that Roosevelt did indeed provoke the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor... Here is that video here:OK, I have also in a previous article shown what I call the "smoking gun" that proves that the US was indeed the instigators of the attack on Pearl Harbor... It comes in the form of the McCollum Report of October 1940 that the US Naval Intelligence Officer, Arthur McCollum, drew up as a memo and a list of methods to get the US into World War II through the "back door" of Japan, and how to set up Pearl Harbor as the bait.... Here is the McCollum Report here for all to see for themselves:The memo0p-16-F-2 ON1 7 October 1940Memorandum for the DirectorSubject: Estimate of the Situation in the Pacific andRecommendations for Action by the United States.1. The United States today finds herself confrontedby a hostile Germany and Italy in Europe and by an equallyhostile Japan in the Orient. Russia, the great land link betweenthese two groups of hostile powers, is at present neutral, butin all probability favorably inclined towards the Axis powers,and her favorable attitude towards these powers may be expectedto increase in direct proportion to increasing success in theirprosecution of the war in Europe. Germany and Italy have beensuccessful in war on the continent of Europe and all of Europeis either under their military control or has been forced intosubservience. Only the British Empire is actively opposing bywar the growing world dominance of Germany and Italy and theirsatellites.2. The United States at first remained coolly alooffrom the conflict in Europe and there is considerable evidenceto support the view that Germany and Italy attempted by everymethod within their power to foster a continuation of Americanindifference to the outcome of the struggle in Europe. Paradoxically,every success of German and Italian arms has led to furtherincreases in United States sympathy for and material support ofthe British Empire, until at the present time the United Statesgovernment stands committed to a policy of rendering everysupport short of war the changes rapidly increasing thatthe United States will become a full fledged ally of the BritishEmpire in the very near future. The final failure of Germanand Italian diplomacy to keep the United States in the role ofa disinterested spectator has forced them to adopt the policy ofdeveloping threats to U.S. security in other spheres of the world,notably by the threat of revolutions in South and Central Americaby Axis-dominated groups and by the stimulation of Japan to furtheraggressions and threats in the Far East in the hope that by thesemean the Unites States would become so confused in thoughtand fearful of her own immediate security as to cause her tobecome so preoccupied in purely defensive preparations as tovirtually preclude U.S. aid to Great Britain in any form. As aresult of this policy, Germany and Italy have lately concludeda military alliance with Japan directed against the United StatesIf the published terms of this treaty and the pointedutterances of German, Italian and Japanese leaders can be believed,and there seems no ground on which to doubt either, the threetotalitarian powers agree to make war on the United States,should she come to the assistance of England, or should sheattempt to forcibly interfere with Japan's aims in the Orient and,[2]furthermore, Germany and Italy expressly reserve the right todetermine whether American aid to Britain, short of war, is acause for war or not after they have succeeded in defeatingEngland. In other words, after England has been disposed ofher enemies will decide whether or not to immediately proceedwith an attack on the United States. Due to geographic conditions,neither Germany nor Italy are in a position to offer anymaterial aid to Japan. Japan, on the contrary, can be of muchhelp to both Germany and Italy by threatening and possibly evenattacking British dominions and supply routes from Australia,India and the Dutch East Indies, thus materially weakeningBritain's position in opposition to the Axis powers in Europe.In exchange for this service, Japan receives a free hand to seizeall of Asia that she can find it possible to grab, with theadded promise that Germany and Italy will do all in their powerto keep U.S. attention so attracted as to prevent the UnitedStates from taking positive aggressive action against Japan.Here again we have another example of the Axis-Japanesediplomacy which is aimed at keeping American power immobilized,and by threats and alarms to so confuse American thought as topreclude prompt decisive action by the United States in eithersphere of action. It cannot be emphasized to strongly thatthe last thing desired by either the Axis powers in Europeor by Japan in the Far East is prompt, warlike action by theUnited States in either theatre of operations.3. An examination of the situation in Europe leadsto the conclusion that there is little that we can do now,immediately to help Britain that is not already being done.We have no trained army to send to the assistance of England,nor will we have for at least a year. We are now trying toincrease the flow of materials to England and to bolster thedefense of England in every practicable way and this aid willundoubtedly be increased. On the other hand, there is littlethat Germany or Italy can do against us as long as Englandcontinues in the war and her navy maintains control of theAtlantic. The one danger to our position lies in the possibleearly defeat of the British Empire with the British Fleet fallingintact into the hands of the Axis powers. The possibility ofsuch an event occurring would be materially lessened were weactually allied in war with the British or at the very leastwere taking active measures to relieve the pressure on Britainin other spheres of action. To sum up: the threat to our securityin the Atlantic remains small so long as the British Fleetremains dominant in that ocean and friendly to the United States.4. In the Pacific, Japan by virtue of her alliancewith Germany and Italy is a definite threat to the securityof the British Empire and once the British Empire is gone thepower of Japan-Germany and Italy is to be directed against theUnited States. A powerful land attack by Germany and Italythrough the Balkans and North Africa against the Suez Canalwith a Japanese threat or attack on Singapore would have veryserious results for the British Empire. Could Japan be divertedor neutralized, the fruits of a successful attack on the SuezCanal could not be as far reaching and beneficial to the Axispowers as if such a success was also accompanied by the virtualelimination of British sea power from the Indian Ocean, thus[3]opening up a European supply route for Japan and a sea route forEastern raw materials to reach Germany and Italy, Japan must bediverted if the British and American ( ) blockade of Europeand possibly Japan (?) is to remain even partially in effect.5. While as pointed out in Paragraph (3) there islittle that the United States can do to immediately retrievethe situation in Europe, the United States is able to effectivelynullify Japanese aggressive action, and do it without lesseningU.S. material assistance to Great Britain.6. An examination of Japan's present position asopposed to the United States reveals a situation as follows:Advantages Disadvantages1. Geographically strong position 1. A million and a half menof Japanese Islands. engaged in an exhausting waron the Asiatic Continent.2. A highly centralized strong 2. Domestic economy and foodcapable government. supply severely straightened.3. Rigid control of economy on 3. A serious lack of sources ofa war basis. raw materials for war. Notablyoil, iron and cotton.4. A people inured to hardship 4. Totally cut off from suppliesand war. from Europe.5. A powerful army. 5. Dependent upon distant overseasroutes for essential supplies.6. A skillful navy about 2/3 6. Incapable of increasingthe strength of the U.S. Navy. manufacture and supply of warmaterials without free accessto U.S. or European markets.7. Some stocks of raw materials. 7. Major cities and industrialcenters extremely vulnerableto air attack.8. Weather until April renderingdirect sea operations in thevicinity of Japan difficult.7. In the Pacific the United States possesses a very strongdefensive position and a navy and naval air force at presentin that ocean capable of long distance offensive operation. Thereare certain other factors which at the present time are stronglyin our favor, viz:A. Philippine Islands still held by the United States.B. Friendly and possibly allied government in controlof the Dutch East Indies.C. British still hold Hong Kong and Singapore andare favorable to us.D. Important Chinese armies are still in the fieldin China against Japan.E. A small U.S. Naval Force capable of seriouslythreatening Japan's southern supply routes[4]already in the theatre of operations.F. A considerable Dutch naval force is in theOrient that would be of value if allied to U.S.8. A consideration of the foregoing leads to theconclusion that prompt aggressive naval action against Japan bythe United States would render Japan incapable of affording anyhelp to Germany and Italy in their attack on England and thatJapan itself would be faced with a situation in which her navycould be forced to fight on most unfavorable terms or acceptfairly early collapse of the country through the force of blockade.A prompt and early declaration of war after entering into suitablearrangements with England and Holland, would be most effectivein bringing about the early collapse of Japan and thus eliminatingour enemy in the pacific before Germany and Italy could strikeat us effectively. Furthermore, elimination of Japan must surelystrengthen Britain's position against Germany and Italy and, inaddition, such action would increase the confidence and supportof all nations who tend to be friendly towards us.9. It is not believed that in the present state ofpolitical opinion the United States government is capable ofdeclaring war against Japan without more ado; and it is barelypossible that vigorous action on our part might lead theJapanese to modify their attitude. Therefore, the followingcourse of action is suggested:A. Make an arrangement with Britain for the use ofBritish bases in the Pacific, particularlySingapore.B. Make an arrangement with Holland for the use ofbase facilities and acquisition of suppliesin the Dutch East Indies.C. Give all possible aid to the Chinese governmentof Chiang-Kai-Shek.D. Send a division of long range heavy cruisers tothe Orient, Philippines, or Singapore.E. Send two divisions of submarines to the Orient.F. Keep the main strength of the U.S. fleet now inthe Pacific in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands.G. Insist that the Dutch refuse to grant Japanesedemands for undue economic concessions,particularly oil.H. Completely embargo all U.S. trade with Japan,in collaboration with a similar embargo imposedby the British Empire.10. If by these means Japan could be led to commit anovert act of war, so much the better. At all events we must be fullyprepared to accept the threat of war.A. H. McCollumCC-0p-160p-16-FFile[5]0p-16-F-2 ON1 7 October 1940Summary1. The United States is faced by a hostile combination ofpowers in both the Atlantic and Pacific.2. British naval control of the Atlantic prevents hostileaction against the United States in this area.3. Japan's growing hostility presents an attempt to open seacommunications between Japan and the Mediterranean by anattack on the British lines of communication in theIndian Ocean.4. Japan must be diverted if British opposition in Europe isto remain effective.5. The United States naval forces now in the Pacific arecapable of so containing and harassing Japan as to nullifyher assistance to Germany and Italy.6. It is to the interest of the United States to eliminateJapan's threat in the Pacific at the earliest opportunityby taking prompt and aggressive action against Japan.7. In the absence of United States ability to take thepolitical offensive, additional naval force should besent to the orient and agreements entered into with Hollandand England that would serve as an effective check againstJapanese encroachments in South-eastern Asia.[6]Comment by Captain KnoxIt is unquestionably to out general interestthat Britain be not licked - just now she has a stalemateand probably cant do better. We ought to make it certainthat she at least gets a stalemate. For this she will probablyneed from us substantial further destroyers and air reinforcementsto England. We should not precipitate anything in theOrient that should hamper our ability to do this - so long asprobability continues.If England remains stable, Japan will be cautiousin the Orient. Hence our assistance to England in the Atlanticis also protection to her and us in the Orient.However, I concur in your courses of actionwe must be ready on both sides and probably strong enoughto care for both.D.W.K.Re your #6: - no reason for battleships notvisiting west coast in bunches.NTS Notes: Honestly, I cannot believe that anyone with any critical thinking after 76 years of lies that this was a "surprise attack" cannot see the reality here for themselves....The facts are crystal clear that when Roosevelt and his other war mongering buddies in the US Government got this memo, they followed it almost to the letter... They not only cut off much needed raw material supplies to the Japanese Empire to force their hand, but they also purposely moved the bulk of the Pacific Fleet into Pearl Harbor to use the old scrap heap World War I battleships as the bait for the Japanese to attack... And of course when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they basically sunk those obsolete vessels as planned...The fact is also that the faster and more modern ships of the US Pacific Fleet, primarily the 3 US aircraft carriers (Enterprise, Lexington, and Saratoga) were of course out of the harbor during the time of the attack along with their faster and more modern fleet escorts..... This was obviously well planned because the US government knew that the Japanese were coming and in fact tracked the IJN fast carrier force "Kido Butai" as it moved across the north Pacific enroute to their attack point some 200 miles off the north coast of Oahu.... Once the scrap heap old battleships were sunk, the US Pacific Fleet was forced to turn rapidly to fast carrier attack fleets and that move helped the US to eventually win the war in the Pacific...To me, Roosevelt was not only a war criminal and a traitorl for this set up, but a murderer as well.. He had to make sure that the Japanese attack was a success as well as to make sure there was a few thousand deaths of American civilians and servicemen to anger the American people enough that they absolutely supported his declaration of war on Japan the day after this attack....One other point.. I personally went to Oahu some 4 years ago for vacation and to visit Pearl Harbor and the Arizona memorial.... It was indeed a most interesting and memorable experience and I was able to sit down and talk to several veterans who survived that attack as well...... And knowing the truth about what really happened on December 7th, 1941, allowed me to not be blinded by some of the propaganda that was still being stated some 73+ years after the fact..... It is indeed time that all Americans realize the reality of that "day of infamy"..More to comeNTS
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