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Did the Roosevelt Administration have advance knowledge of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

Yes

MacArthur really is the worst general in U.S. history - By Tom ...

After meeting with President Roosevelt on October 16, 1941, Secretary of War Henry Stimson wrote in his diary: "We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move — overt move."

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Did the United States lose the Vietnam War?

Yes

Gen. Harkins explains why we lost the Vietnam War: Halberstam was Jewish - By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense

Gen. Harkins explains why we lost the Vietnam War: Halberstam was Jewish

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Should the West intervene militarily in Libya's civil war?

Yes

What Obama needs to do with Libya -- and with the Joint Chiefs of ...

1. Best option: Give the Libyan rebels the aid they need to win.

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Were blacks better off enslaved in the southern United States, or free in Africa?

Slaves in the United States

U.S. Civil War: more Phase IV news - By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense

The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically.

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