Thursday, December 1, 2011

Interesting news about some pre-Pearl Harbor documents

This is the stuff that makes historians happy:  New documents.  Pretty much doesn't change anything.  Most thinking people know that, barring some new evidence that has yet to be produced, the vast FDR conspiracy theory is about as believable as the vast Obama-is-a-closet-Muslim theory, or that vast 9/11-was-part-of-a-conspiracy theory.  The great thing about conspiracy theories is that they are self-sustaining.  All evidence proves they are right.  And the evidence that suggests they are wrong?  Easy.  It's all part of the conspiracy.  Just read the comments.  Chances are, most who say 'well duh, obviously FDR planned it' have probably no clue beyond 'it's what they've heard'.  A shame.   But then history, as we know, is less what really happened as much as what 'they' tell us happened when it fits what we already wanted to be true.

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