regent
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What are you talking about, the Panay, Pearl Harbor or what? If it was Pearl Harbor that was a naval base and both the navy and army should have been defending their base. If it was the PI MacArthur should have been defending those islands also. But Orange was involved with the PI.FDR's New Deal's WPA also gave us 1000 miles of airport runways, 651,000 miles of highways 124,000 new bridges, 8,000 parks, TVA, 18,000 playgrounds, 41,300 schools and instead of a handout-- jobs. Then there was also the PWA, CCC and other agencies rebuilding America. One other little thing FDR inspired was the "March of Dimes" that led to the end of polio.
If you think that your economic sanctions are going to economically crush your enemy, should you not give consideration to possible escalation from them?
The FDR was so aggressive against the Japanese but did nothing to adopt a defensive stance militarily was somewhat of a fuckup that resulted in a serious military defeat.