#30: China: silk, opium, to $. Iraq lies again. Pearl Harbor Myth. 07.7.27=5 10pm.

China: From Silk, Opium, to Dollars:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/bond1.html

'The China Syndrome:Silk Road or Silver Road?' by David Bond
Copyright © 2007 LewRockwell.com

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Iraq lies again: http://tinyurl.com/2tq89g

'Cooking the intelligence, again: The latest government estimate of the terrorist threat is just a rehash of the same old script, produced under pressure to support the president's efforts to sell the Iraq war.' By Sidney Blumenthal.

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Pearl Harbor Myth:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson8.html

'FDR, Pearl Harbor and the U.N.', by John V. Denson

"" A new book entitled The Pearl Harbor Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable by George Victor and published by Potomac Books Inc. of Washington, D.C. is well researched and gives a very clear picture of how and why the Pearl Harbor myth was created. This "patriotic political myth" states that the attack by the Japanese was unprovoked and was a surprise to the Roosevelt administration, as well as, the key military personnel in Washington; but the commanders of Pearl Harbor were at fault for not being ready. Based on a good summary of the up-to-date research the author, who is an approving admirer of Roosevelt, concludes that Roosevelt deliberately provoked the attack and that he and his key military and administrative advisers clearly knew, well in advance, that the Japanese were going to attack both Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. Roosevelt wanted to get into the European War but he had been unsuccessful in provoking Germany; therefore, he considered the sacrifice of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines as the best way to get into the European War through the back door of Japan. The cover-up of this strategy started immediately after the attack and continues to this day. The author concludes that this information of the coming attack was intentionally withheld from the military commanders because it was known that the Japanese were depending upon the element of surprise and if warnings had been sent to the commanders of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, their preparation for the attack would have caused the Japanese to cancel their plans. ""
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"" I agree that Victor has accurately described the deceitful conduct of the presidents he cites (see the chapters "Lincoln and the First Shot" and "Roosevelt and the First Shot" in my book A Century of War) but I strongly disagree with his conclusion that the American people have knowingly condoned the deceitful activity of the presidents Victor mentions because our history books do not contain this information, it is not taught in the schools and universities and it is not recited by the news media. You have to have independent researchers like Victor to find and disclose most of this information.

I wonder if Victor’s book will be taught or read at West Point, Annapolis or the Air Force Academy. After finishing it, the famous lines from Tennyson’s poem The Charge of the Light Brigade came to mind:

"Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred."
July 27, 2007

John V. Denson [send him mail] is the author of A Century of War, The Costs of War and Reassessing the Presidency.

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