Did Roosevelt want Pearl Harbor?

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Jacek
It looks like a setup to me. If so, why was FDR so keen on entering the war against 80% of population (last pre-war Gallup with a clear question yes/no to war was in July ´41. Several months earlier the % against was 95)?

Why is it people need to affix culpability to those in power at the time of war through outlandish conspiracy theories? I've heard all the conspiracy theories regarding FDR and the beginning of WW II. Did FDR want to help save Great Britain from the Nazis? Absolutely yes! Would he have sacrificed American lives by not acting on good intelligence? Absolutely not! We all know the mistakes made immediately prior to Pearl Harbor by an isolatioist America, buts that all they were....mistakes!
Its the same misplaced, suspicious nature that has led to people accusing Pres. Bush of having prior knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks; and to accusing Pres. Clinton of deliberately delaying the launch of the Cruise missile that would have killed bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Question...why is it that only American presidents are accused of collusion in the great events of history? What about P.M. Chamberlain waving his "peace treaty" and declaring "Peace in our time!" immediately prior to the German attack on Poland? What about Von Ribbentrop's secret visit to London? What about the lack of air cover while Canadians were being slaughtered in Dieppe, or being sent to Hong Kong without a snowball's hope in Hell of stopping the I.J.A.? Conspiracies?...No!, just mistakes by politicians more interested in posturing and appeasing than taking decisive action.
Anyway, let's save this forum for the collecting and restoring of military history and not turn it into an Oliver Stone fan club!
I'll step down from my soap box now.