roosevelt loved the navy. 9 fleet was his pride and joy and he didn t want that fleet destroyed. there is no way. president roosevelt in 1940 was running for his third term and he was being accused of dragging america into war. oliver: robert is the author of the controversial day of deceit, the truth about fdr and pearl harbor. he went out of his way so he would not be seen as a war president and so he wanted a clear cut outrageous japanese attack at pearl harbor that would unite this country. oliver: to support his theories, he points to the declassified member yu member b writing on 7 october 1940. stinnett discovered it in 1995 at the national archives. as soon as i read it i realized, oh, this is a hot
destroyed. there is no way. president roosevelt in 1940 was running for his third term and he was being accused of dragging america into war. oliver: robert is the author of the controversial day of deceit, the truth about fdr and pearl harbor. he went out of his way so he would not be seen as a war president and so he wanted a clear cut outrageous japanese attack at pearl harbor that would unite this country. oliver: to support his theories, he points to the declassified member yu member b writing on 7 october 1940. stinnett discovered it in 1995 at the national archives. as soon as i read it i realized, oh, this is a hot potato. the significance of this member ran dumb is that it is a
(applause). my challenger today. above the law.om and jehmu green, former advisor to hirn and fox news contributor. jehmu has barack obama become neo bush now that he s become the war president in a sense? i think the further thing from it. clearly he s he approached foreign policy from building alliances, not doing it alone, seeing a lot more reasonable, i think, when you look at his success, which you just listed off, quite eloquently. everything that he has said that he would do, he is a checking boxes off. we should be, i think, as he ll probably agree with, we should be cheering him and where are the pompons and i feel in comparison domestic policy standpoint, if he was able to drive the train in the same way he has as commander-in-chief on the economy, i think things would be different. i think he is being held back
that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. welcome back to hardball. this was of course the president on may 1st of this year. as far as libya, the president said this on monday. in which is clear, the gadhafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of libya is in the hands of its people. his succeeds as a war president is unquestionable, initial to helping to take out two of the world s most well-known terrorists, he s presided over troof, and the wind-down in iraq, yet he seems reluctant to fully embrace the role as a war president.
still thinking about running, george pataki, rude,giuliani. taking palin out of it, pataki, giuliani, really? is anyone feeling a chill run up their spine with either of those two? i was joking on twitter, yesterday, where is john roland, we re talking about former tristate governors here with christie in the mix, too. i think giuliani would probably have more impact in a place like new hampshire. because ever his branding with 9/11. but i think it s uncertainly it s really uncertainly to whether or not either are going to run. the republican party is in a conservative place, and i m not sure why moderate politicians would have much appeal at this movement. we ll keep watching this, of course, as the debates and everything else proceed. thank you, charlie cook, and jonathan martin, appreciate you being here. thank you. coming up, george bush was good at dressing up and standing in front of the mission accomplished signs. president obama is good at accomplishing missions,