A fanciful idea indeed. It's exactly this kind of thinking that got us into war by convincing Yamamoto that we'd be a push over because we did not have the sto

A fanciful idea indeed. It's exactly this kind of thinking that got us into war by convincing Yamamoto that we'd be a push over because we did not have the stomach for war. War is terrible. We didn't want it. We were staying out of it despite the mass atrocities of Japan and Germany. But when it was forced on us we fought it and used the weapons at our disposal. No regrets here.