@starsandstripes It was obsolete at the outset of the war, painfully slow and, in an unfortunate coincidence, carrying a torpedo that was poorly designed and ineffective. Interestingly, their “sacrifice” at Midway allied the bombers to attack without interference—their most valuable contributio
@fasc1nate Let's remember that there were locals in Oahu sympathetic to the Japanese "cause." It's not entirely unrealistic to make a connection. One in particular fed intel to the Japanese.
@YasMohammedxx@daliaziada Interesting how we find ourselves being lectured about tolerance and acceptance to minority that embraces an ideology that requires women to wear a costume and won't allow to voice their opinion.
@mohammed_hijab Few did, but the idea was a transparent attempt by Stalin to isolate the Jews in what is arguably an undesirable location. The Germans considered Madagascar, for the same reason. It takes little imaginative power to understand the motive.
@DrLoupis Our electricity relies on "dirty" fuel, regardless. It's going to take a fundamental change, and undoubtedly many years, before we've made actual progress.
@CollinRugg Let me guess, this was the money intended for Hawaii and now we don't have anymore? This is the same isolationist drivel we heard prior to 1941.