tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post2912578552349259312..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: [Travelogue] The time has come for us to say sayonaraRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-74219188531402619222009-10-06T09:37:42.848-07:002009-10-06T09:37:42.848-07:00Ron, have you checked out the Perl Harbour Advance...Ron, have you checked out the Perl Harbour Advance Knowledge Debate page on Wikipedia? Gibbs appears to be using several arguments that are fairly well debunked.<br /><br />For the two points you mention here:<br /><br />1. Carriers were apparently not considered as valuable as battleships up to the beginning of the war; they were not even considered capital ships in the doctrine of the time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-64309883177752796472009-10-05T01:46:45.052-07:002009-10-05T01:46:45.052-07:00Gibbs has several answers to that. First, the fac...Gibbs has several answers to that. First, the fact that the aircraft carriers were ordered out of Pearl Harbor before the attack is one of the facts that Gibbs cites to support his thesis. Gibbs says that all of the ships left at PH were old and expendable. He couldn't order *all* the ships out of PH because he had to leave something there to serve as bait for the Japanese in order to Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-53124917410667980262009-10-04T21:42:36.702-07:002009-10-04T21:42:36.702-07:00This is the part I don't get. Let's say F...This is the part I don't get. Let's say FDR knew what would happen. Why wouldn't you prepare the base? If Japan attacks, and then the US foils the surprise attack, then 1) we have just as much reason to go to war and 2) we have better materiel to go to war with and 3) we have better morale (possibly negligible, and possibly offset by the rage incited by Pearl Harbor, hard to say).<Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199527461309714703noreply@blogger.com