Did FDR know about Pearl Harbor in advance?

My views on war come more from a religious backround then anything else. Do you think Jesus would go bombing another country if two sides were fighting eachother? Or better yet, do you think he'd hit someone back if they hit him? I don't believe that by killing others, they will stop killing. Imagine this: There's a bully beating up kids, so I go beat the sh*t out of him and tell him to stop. What happens? Popular American belief says the bully will stop and be sorry, he'll think about the wrongs he does, then they'll make a Disney movie out of it. When the truth is the bully hasn't begun yet, even worse he made have gotten some bully friends. It's called REVENGE. It's war-fuel (I.E. Pearl Harbor, 9/11, The Alamo etc etc). You say I would speak differently of War if it were a matter of life or death, yeah I CAN and DO speak from that perspective. I have family in the War, I have friends in the war. They could die. Just because someone is killing another man does NOT give the right for us to kill someone. That's still a sin, and is in EVER world. It's funny how Christian the US attempts to be, even with the Christian images on the dollar etc. Ever hear a Pearl Jam song called "evolution", it's funny hearing Vedder mock US society by saying "I can Kill cause' in God I trust". Why does the US feel that it's ok to kill people who are killing? That makes the US just has bad as those are killing before they even arrive... This is why their will never be world peace, because too many people think the only way for peace is to bomb. Basically, to bully someone into quietness. If someone beat you up and told you to shut up, would you? Or would you get them back? This is why the US will always have someone after them, and funny as it is, American wonder "Why do other countries hate us?".

Also, it's funny reading many of your agruements about how the US is just so great and would never do anything wrong. All these other countries NEED the US and can't survive without the US. It's funny because that's exactly how someone would view the US if all they did was read a history book and watch tv. The media distorts soo much truth it's rediculous. I can bet all of your arguements you got your information from the tv or some history book "Completly Factual" history book of course... I've said it once, and I'll say it again, it's best to bring knowledge of BOTH SIDES of the spectrum to understand the situation, instead of just believing everything you read in a history book or see on tv.

You're only hearing/reading ONE SIDE OF THE CONFLICT - try seeing it from another point of view - one that isn't soo American, then maybe you'll understand WHY so many foreigners dislike America.

I never said the U.S. was never wrong. Read my post.

Moral equivalence is your position. In other words, no one is any better than any other person. No person has a morally justified claim to use violence against any other person under any conceivable. Violence is unjustifiable in any circumstance.

This is called deontological pacifism. Bet you didn't know that.

Anyway, even the Catholic Church rejects deontological pacifism as a morally defensible position. But, if you really believe that, good on you. But you better be prepared to actually live your life that way in the real world. So, if you come home one day and find an intruder in your house who is about to murder your mother, you must be able to renounce violence even in that instance when only violence will save your mother's life.

Jesus is a figment of your imagination created to give you something to think about for your entire life.

Food for thought:

http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm

Castro, Chavez, Jong-Ill, etc, are all bad men but we didn't march into their country and start a civil war. Bush (1 and 2), Rummy, and Cheney all wanted a reason to throw out Saddam (Bush 2 is simply a lacky for the B.R.C.-Bush1.Rummy.Cheney). Saddam turned out to be too good a dictator...we were all for him in Iraq in the 80s. They couldn't find a good one that the people and Congress would by so they took it upon themselves to create something that wasn't there after 9/11...meanwhile all hell is still breaking loose in good 'ol Afghanistan and Bin Laden (who we helped against the Russians of course) is nowhere to be found.

In 10 years or less Iraq will be divided into 3 countries. The only thing that has kept them together for eons was imperialism and monarchy. Now that they have an actual say in their government without persecution they can decide not to like each other.

Alan

FDR knew PH was coming, but not where and when. Afterall this was a different age when the U.S. was rampaging thru Asia, raping and murdering innocent cilivians, stealing natural resouces, pirating ships and cargo. FDR never took Japan seriously because in those days there was a huge amount of racism and FDR looked down upon non-Gentiles. Jews lived in segregated communities in America along with other non-whites. Japan was the first country to respond to centuries of race-baiting by Europe and America with tragic consquences for both sides. In the end, Asia, Africa, South America, and minorities in America followed Japan\'s lead. Hence the free world we have today. Iraq is just reminder to white America that race baiting will not be tolerated, in this case Islam has responded to America/UK/Israel. Easy come easy go.