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If the Japanese didn't realize "how influential carriers would become"
followme 1253 reads
posted
1 / 11
Japan’s Prime Minister visits Pearl Harbor with obama

I think obama should also have taken Abe to the USS Missouri. It’s only a half mile from the USS Arizona  on Ford Island.

 
Would gifting Abe a portrait of MacArthur after a tour of the Missouri be a bit much
Related Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-prime-minister-to-visit-pearl-harbor-with-president-...

ROMMEL 54 Reviews 168 reads
posted
2 / 11
In 1941 Obama would have surrendered. -eom

Posted By: followme
I think obama should also have taken Abe to the USS Missouri. It’s only a half mile from the USS Arizona  on Ford Island.  
   
   
 Would gifting Abe a portrait of MacArthur after a tour of the Missouri be a bit much?  
 

JackDunphy 133 reads
posted
3 / 11
Did Obama apologize for us not having left the carriers there to bomb?...e


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Makwa 18 Reviews 184 reads
posted
4 / 11
Re: In 1941 Obama would have surrendered. -eom

Trump would have the US part of the Axis Powers!

USGrantlover 221 Reviews 178 reads
posted
5 / 11
A portrait of Ray Spruance or Marc Mitscher would be more appropriate. Eom.



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USGrantlover 221 Reviews 242 reads
posted
6 / 11
The BB's were their #1 target

The carriers believe or not were further down the list.

brooks5 222 reads
posted
7 / 11
Pearl Harbor would NEVER have happened under Barry

he would have folded like the pussy he is years earlier

right after he betrayed our allies

the Axis would have won without firing a shot

libs prefer dictators

brooks5 199 reads
posted
8 / 11
always have, remember the Castros YESTERDAY!


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JackDunphy 162 reads
posted
9 / 11
No argument.

Little did anyone realize at the time how influential carriers would become and in short order too.

Still the Japs were not happy that they were out at sea. And some at the Memorial espouse the conspiracy theory.  

Maybe Mein will chime in on it. lol

JakeFromStateFarm 157 reads
posted
10 / 11
If the Japanese didn't realize "how influential carriers would become"

How come they massed all their fleet carriers to attack Pearl?  They had learned the lesson of Taranto.
Also, by cancelling their third wave they failed to hit the fuel dumps at Pearl.  Combined with missing the carriers, it sealed their fate.
Pearl Harbor was not the great success most think it was.

JackDunphy 208 reads
posted
11 / 11
Its success is mostly based on the fact that the Jap task force reached its destination...

...without detection, not based as much on the damage done which, while significant, was not determinative in the Pacific theatre.

In addition to not taking out the fuel, as you state, with the lack of a third wave, the Japs failed to destroy the dry docks, which would have caused us to drag the damaged ships all the way to the U.S. west coast, obviously adding greatly to their repair time.

They were obsessed with taking out the battle ships and that obsession cost them dearly with other high value targets that went unscathed

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