*America* did not want to enter the war. If that’s what *America* wanted we have already entered the war as nothing was stopping us.

When people make this statement they mean *FDR* wanted to enter the war.

This is correct or at least that he wanted to know whether we were all in or all out. And there’s zero question he did at least appreciate the fact the question was definitively answered with Pearl Harbor.

There was some hay made around the fact that a good amount of the naval fleet wasn’t in Pearl Harbor at the time. Okay.

But do we honestly think the Japanese wouldn’t take full advantage of what was left if they were competent? If so, why weren’t the above ground fuel reserves not hit? Admiral Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, told them to hit it and said something to the effect of, “whatever you do, make sure to hit the fuel depot.” But they’d didn’t. But it was there! That would have set us back 2-3 years.

So you’re telling me FDR had the foresight to send some part of the naval fleet into the pacific but not to figure out how to protect the fuel reserves?

Or was this some sort of double false flag? Of course not. That’d be stupid.