"No Spam!" wrote in message
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BOB URZ wrote:



More importantly, on a strategic level, if we had known about the attack
in advance, would the US have reacted as strongly and been as committed
to the war?

Hell Yes , an attack on its major bases could hardly be overlooked
and the losses in the Phillipines would have been just as great.
It would still have been a day of infamy.

Keith