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** An arguably more likely conspiracy is that the [[wikipedia:Aryan Republican Army|Aryan Republican Army]], a Jesse James-esque [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|white supremacist gang]] working at the time, was involved. McVeigh was a known associate of convicted bank robber and ARA member Michael William Brescia, and the ARA had connections to various far-right Christian groups and neo-Nazi skinheads -- groups which would have spurned the help of al-Qaeda. In addition, ARA member Richard Lee Guthrie, Jr. resembles pictures of "John Doe II".
* Some folks claim that [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] knew about [[World War II|the impending Pearl Harbor attack]] in advance and allowed it to happen, recognizing that a high body count would be needed to shock the American people into joining the fight. [[Fridge Logic|Of course, it's easier to win a fight if a large portion of your Navy isn't underwater.]]
**Roosevelt knew about ''an'' attack within days, because of radio intercepts and in fact the war warning was going about. However the US forces were just a little to slow off the mark as might be expected considering that a mass naval war in the Pacific while a theory for generations was only a theory and everyone not in the know was having a comfortable peacetime. And in any case everyone at high level knew(correctly) that the Japanese had to hit the Phillipines first and no one counted on them hitting the Phillipines, The Raj, and Pearl at the same time. Also Pearl was on alert for ''sabotage'' and an open attack was not expected. That meant the army's planes were parked closer together to make it easier to guard but also allowed them to be [[One
** General Billy Mitchell was court martialed in the 1920s for his unflattering comments about the deplorable state of the military. One of his comments that got him into trouble was the ridiculous claim that the military preparedness was so bad that he fully expected the Empire of Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. His problem was that he was right nearly 20 years too early.
** An alternative theory, which is even accepted by some supporters of FDR, is that while the attack itself was unexpected, Japan's hostility was not entirely unprovoked. In 1940, the US government prohibited iron and scrap steel exports to Japan, and in 1940 it also restricted oil exports, froze Japan's funds in the US, and initiated the Lend-Lease program in support of the Allies against the Axis powers, all the while demanding Japan's withdrawal from China and Indochina. Some folks argue that this was all designed to put an end to American neutrality without causing a public backlash by [[Xanatos Gambit|getting one of the Axis powers to declare war on the US]]. It hinges on the express aim of the U.S. aim of aiding Britain, which FDR did want to do. War with Japan with that aim is idiotic, and even Hitler knew it. (Also, the object was to provoke Germany to declare war, not Japan.) Of course, these actions were done in part as a response to Japan's monstrous conduct in China, so they were justified in that respect.
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