There is a sunken German U-boat just off the coast of Grand Isle,
Louisiana. I was invited to take part in a scuba expedition to try
to salvage parts. But the German government stopped us from doing
so, claiming it was protected by international law, being a gravesite
for those who had perished. Whether there was gold bullion inside
or not, we never were able to find out ...

I suppose so, although I am surprised that it extends to a ship that was at
war with the country whose coast it was sunk off of.

The US was also secretly involved supporting China against Japan long >before Pearl Harbor. WWII actually started in 1937 when Japan escalated >their aggressions against China by invading Shanghai and other areas. The
US supported China with supplies and, I believe, volunteers (like The Flying Tigers).

Unfortunately, the US supported the wrong China, refusing to
recognize the other China as legitimate. It took Jimmy Carter
to change that, many decades later.

Not back then. They had been in a Civil War, but had set aside their differences to join together to fight the Japanese. There was still only
one China until later.

In Japan's view, it was just a warning to the US to stay out of
the Pacific. A limited strike by Japanese military on a US military installation in a US territory, not on civilian targets or in the
mainland USA. A pinprick, which the Japanese military leadership
calculated would be enough to convince FDR to stay out.

I have always found that odd, since we did not seem too keen on getting involved. They really miscalculated there.

The outcry among the American public forced FDR and the Congress
to accept the reality that the US was in a war, started by the
Empire of Japan. Leaving no choice for FDR and the Congress but
to do what none of them were brave enough to do themselves.

No disagreement there.

Mike

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True but, if the US had also not been involved in WWI, I am wondering if the attitude towards the US would have been different. Germany was destroyed by the concessions they made during their WWI surrender. To an extent, I feel like they were out for revenge against all of the countries that put them in that position.

Actually, what happened is that the German goverment continued its
generous social spending programs after WW I. Unfortunately the war reparations demanded by the Allies pretty much destroyed the German
economy. In about 1922 or 1923 the German economy collapsed due to
rampant (100 percent per DAY) inflation, and with it went the German government. That provided an avenue for Hitler to get into power.

IIRC, Hitler blamed the German government (for the social programs and
other spending habits) and the WWI allies (for the crippling reparations). Either way, if the US had not been involved, he might not have been so
willing to drag the US into the European conflict. Then again, his
paranoia might have lead him to do so anyway. When you deal with leaders
that are not in their right minds, who knows?

I have thought that an odd time in modern history, to have at least three mentally unstable leaders at the helm of three powers at once... Hitler, Stalin, and Musolini. If I did the research, I could probably find other
times that was happening, but that just seemed like a perfect storm there.

Mike

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Would it? Jimmy Carter got our embassy personnel home safe and sound, without resorting to war with Iran. How many American lives is Trump
willing to waste by going to war with Iran for no reason?

No he did not.

Mike

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Would it? Jimmy Carter got our embassy personnel home safe and sound, without resorting to war with Iran. How many American lives is Trump willing to waste by going to war with Iran for no reason?

No he did not.

Carter got 6 to 8 embassy people out who had managed to evade capture by the Iranian revolutionary guards.

Please check this out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mendez

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On 05-27-19 13:11, Mike Powell <=-
spoke to Lee Lofaso about Iran <=-

Would it? Jimmy Carter got our embassy personnel home safe and sound, without resorting to war with Iran.

No he did not.

Actually, he did do that. The hiccup was the fact that the Iranian
leader would not let the homeward bound plane take off until Regan took
the oath of office. The negotiations that brought them home took place
during the ending time of Carter's time in office.

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Hello Mike,

Would it? Jimmy Carter got our embassy personnel home safe and sound, >>without resorting to war with Iran. How many American lives is Trump >>willing to waste by going to war with Iran for no reason?

No he did not.

Our embassy personnel gave him all the credit.
Had Reagan been in charge, they never would have
made it to the airplane, or even had been able
to leave the embassy building alive.

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Hello Mike,

Would it? Jimmy Carter got our embassy personnel home safe and sound, >>without resorting to war with Iran. How many American lives is Trump >>willing to waste by going to war with Iran for no reason?

No he did not.

Carter writes about it in his autobiography, "Keeping Faith".

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The US was also secretly involved supporting China against Japan

long

before Pearl Harbor.

That wasn't much of a secret.

<snip>

Unfortunately, the US supported the wrong China, refusing to
recognize the other China as legitimate. It took Jimmy Carter
to change that, many decades later.

Not back then. They had been in a Civil War, but had set aside their differences to join together to fight the Japanese. There was still

only

one China until later.

In Japan's view, it was just a warning to the US to stay out of
the Pacific. A limited strike by Japanese military on a US military installation in a US territory, not on civilian targets or in the
mainland USA. A pinprick, which the Japanese military leadership calculated would be enough to convince FDR to stay out.

I have always found that odd, since we did not seem too keen on

getting

involved. They really miscalculated there.

Roosevelt minor wanted the US to get involved in the European fracas -
and in fact had the US Navy (unofficially) involved fighting the German
Navy by 1940.

Roosevelt minor also expected Japan to attack US possessions in the Far
East - primarily the Philippines, Guam, etc. He'd been provoking Japan
for years with embargoes and trade restrictions because of what Japan
was doing in China. He did *not* expect Japan to attack Pearl Harbor.

A minor point about Pearl Harbor ignored by most is that until January
of 1941 the US Pacific Fleet was based at Seattle, San Francisco Bay
and San Diego. Roosevelt minor ordered the capital ships of the fleet
moved to Pearl in January of 1941. It would have been MUCH more
difficult for Japan to simultaneously attack three well defended ports
that all had fighter and long-range bomber bases nearby.

The outcry among the American public forced FDR and the Congress
to accept the reality that the US was in a war, started by the
Empire of Japan. Leaving no choice for FDR and the Congress but
to do what none of them were brave enough to do themselves.

No disagreement there.

Mike

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True but, if the US had also not been involved in WWI, I am

wondering if

the attitude towards the US would have been different. Germany

was

destroyed by the concessions they made during their WWI

surrender. To an

extent, I feel like they were out for revenge against all of the

countries

that put them in that position.

Actually, what happened is that the German goverment continued its
generous social spending programs after WW I. Unfortunately the war reparations demanded by the Allies pretty much destroyed the German economy. In about 1922 or 1923 the German economy collapsed due to
rampant (100 percent per DAY) inflation, and with it went the German government. That provided an avenue for Hitler to get into power.

IIRC, Hitler blamed the German government (for the social programs and
other spending habits) and the WWI allies (for the crippling

reparations).

Either way, if the US had not been involved, he might not have been so willing to drag the US into the European conflict. Then again, his
paranoia might have lead him to do so anyway. When you deal with

leaders

that are not in their right minds, who knows?

A little noted fact on that is that Hitler declared war on the US on
December 11, 1941. He did that because of his alliance with Japan.
That provided Roosevelt minor with the excuse to concentrate the war
effort on Europe.
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On 25 May 2019, Lee Lofaso said the following...

Hello Greg,

[..]

You may not be aware of this, but Trump ordered 4 out of our 5 >LL>aircraft carriers to enter inside the Persian Gulf, in an effort >LL>to intimidate Iran.

More of like message written in big block style letters, lets call it a
strong persuasion that says Peace through Strength.

That did not work out so well in Afghanistan, where we are still
stuck with no way to get out. That also did not work out so well
in Iraq, which continues to be a snake pit. We need another war
in that area of the world like we need a hole in the head.

Iran does have missiles capable of sinking an aircraft carrier, >LL>along with underwater torpedoes. What do you think the reaction >LL>would be if just one of our aircraft carriers was hit, or sunk? >LL>You are talking 5,000+ dead American sailors.

It would be suicidal to attack the U.S. forces.

Osama bin Laden and his merry group of al-Qaeda did it for years.
GWB allowed him and his merry men to escape Afghanistan. Thank
goodness we had a man from Kenya who saved our ass by actually
having the balls to "terminate with extreme prejudice" that piece
of shit.

So we all have been told, his body wrapped and tossed in the ocean for shark food.

What was it we were all told? Something about the pictures were too disturbing for viewing?

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Hello Everybody,

Why would Iran do it?

What could possibly have been their motive?

Certainly, the mullahs must have realized what
would have happened if two freighters had been
attacked by the Iranian navy.

The US President would have responded, and not
in a nice way. An immediate strike, without warning,
would have been the result, with not much left for
the mullahs to live in other than open desert.

Was it a mistake, as President Trump suggested?
I don't think so. And neither do my Muslim friends,
some of whom have been to Iran.

You see, most Americans do not understand the
mindset of Muslims. Especially those who are Shiite.
Not that it really matters if a Muslim is Sunni or
Shiite, as they all believe in what their Holy
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) told them.

https://tinyurl.com/y3fdwhnz


The goal of every Shiite Muslim is to coax their
Mahdi out of hiding. And the way to do that is by
starting WWIII. How best to do that? Sink a ship
in the Persian Gulf. That will grab US President
Donald Trump's attention and force their beloved
Mahdi to come to the aid of Muslims everywhere.

Good thing the Iranians only had grenades rather
than something bigger to sink those ships with.

--Lee

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