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FDR had the media in his back pocket and the media writes the history books. The racist attitude the U.S. had for Japan probably resulted in the criminal assumption that the Japanese would be pushovers and the U.S. could get into the "real war" in Europe after we squashed the little yellow menace. You almost have to laugh that FDR's oratory skills could make a menu sound profound and the media raved about his "fear itself" speech that was relatively meaningless as was "the day of infamy" speech and never asked a question. COS George Marshall who never had a combat command was credited with a near photographic memory and yet his testimony indicates that he couldn't remember where he was during the early morning hours of December 7. Marshall had the decoded message in his hands that indicated an imminent attack and he read it and re-read it and re-re-read it until the military message center went down and he sent a telegram to Hawaii that arrived about the same time as the Zeroes. The Carriers were out and the fix was in.
I don't know what general Marshall may have known or when. But from all I have seen, it seems clear to me that FDR knew an attack on Pearl Harbor was going to happen. He made sure that our two most important ships, the aircraft carriers, were out to sea when it happened.