I'm afraid I am cynical enough to believe it,
as well as the attack on Pearl Harbor being known in advance
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Thu 8 Jan 2009, 22:28,
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The Japanese attacked the Russians at Port Arthur in a simillar manner
and the Americans thought it was great. Japanese students at Harvard University were invited, in the wake of the attack on Port Arthur, to give speeches on the inherent virtues of Japenese manhood, and Japanese culture was celebrated throughout the USA for months afterwards. It was, in short, a very popular move at the time.
They don't like it when the shoe's on the other foot, mind.
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Thu 8 Jan 2009, 22:39,
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They don't like it when the shoe's on the other foot, mind.