The World That Pearl Harbor Created is Coming to An End

Townhall.com ^ | December 4, 2015 | Scott Rasmussen

[Paladin2]

How many planes and helicopters does the US military currently own/maintain?

[Paladin2]

I think there was a lot of merit based field promotion going on both in and out of the military.

[Graybeard58]

Japan again has carriers as large as some involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Yes but Japan would never pull a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor like the Germans did.

[exit82]

http://www.inquisitr.com/2610061/wwii-plane-in-new-images-likely-downed-in-pearl-harbor-attacks-opening-minutes/

New images of a PBY-5 Catalina Flying Boat downed on 12/7/41.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks exit82.

[exit82]

United States Air Force size
308,016 active personnel
180,084 civilian personnel
71,400 reserve personnel
106,700 air guard personnel
$140 billion budget
~5137 aircraft
450 ICBMs

United States Navy size
326,046 active duty personnel
107,115 reserve personnel
272 deployable ships
2,641 aircraft
10 aircraft carriers
9 amphibious assault ships
10 amphibious transport docks

United States Army size
546,057 Active personnel (2012)
559,244 Reserve and National Guard personnel (2012)
1,105,301 total (2012)
4,948 aircraft

US Marines size
182,000 active (As of 2014-03)
40,000 reserve (As of 2010)
1,166 aircraft

United States Coast Guard size
Civilian employees: 8,722
Active duty personnel: 42,190
Selected reservists: 7,899
Auxiliary: 32,156
244 cutters
1,850 boats
205 aircraft

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

As an example of how the nation has changed, the most progressive, liberal President in the history up to that time was faced with what to do with people who came to this country from a foreign land where they were expected to die without question in order to fight the enemies of their god, including committing suicide if necessary.

Same description of the President today, same description of a murderous enemy, but look at the difference in action taken today.

After Pearl Harbor, the liberal President, after consulting with the state governor who later becaume one of the most liberal Supreme Court justices of all time, took measures to protect American citizens and, at the same time, to protect the suspect foreign enemies, though mostly innocent individuals, from unwarranted extermination by an enraged American citizenry. Yet today, we have ......[crickets]

I’m not saying I favor what Franklin Roosevelt and Earl Warren did, I’m just pointing out the contrast.

[Paladin2]

Thanks. I forgot about the ICBM pilots.

[Impy]

"The World War II generation had more faith in the federal government than any other Americans ever. Who could blame them?"

I could. FDR was worse than Hitler in some ways. Germany has mostly washed away the stain of what Hitler did but we still live with Franklin's mess.

[eddie willers]

Man...this article tells a hard truth.

[eddie willers]

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