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Why Is The Pacific Ring Of Fire Shaking So Violently This Year? | End Of The American Dream

Should we be alarmed that there has been so much activity along the Pacific Ring of Fire lately?  Every time that there is another major event, and that has been occurring quite frequently in recent weeks, the experts rush to tell us that what we are witnessing is perfectly normal.  But is that really true?  Late last month, I wrote an article about how volcanoes that have been dormant for ages are suddenly roaring to life all over the globe.  I don’t understand how it is “perfectly normal” for multiple volcanoes that have been dormant for hundreds or even thousands of years to all be waking up at the same time.  I just don’t see it.  Similarly, I don’t understand how it is “perfectly normal” for so much shaking to be taking place all along the Ring of Fire right now.

For example, on Monday a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled northern Japan

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami as high as 3 metres (10 feet) could hit Japan’s northeastern coast after the earthquake struck off the coast at 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT).

Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70 cm (7 to 27 inches) high were observed at several ports, JMA said.

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake is quite powerful.

The Daily Mail is reporting that buildings and vehicles were “trembling as the ground beneath them shook violently”

Video footage showed buildings and stationary vehicles trembling as the ground beneath them shook violently.

Another clip showed a terrified man in his home watching lights bounce around amid the earthquake, while a third showed a siren being sounded, warning citizens of the imminent danger.

If this was just an isolated incident, we could probably safely ignore it.

But the truth is that Japan has been hit by a number of severe earthquake swarms in 2025, and that includes a massive swarm of 1,198 earthquakes that stretched from late June to early July

From June 25 to July 4, a total of 1,198 earthquakes occurred near the Tokara Islands in far southwest Japan. The largest of these, on July 4, was at the lower end of 6 on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (JMA scale).[22] This earthquake swarm was the most intense in the region since 1995.[23] 31 residents requested evacuation to Mainland Japan following several earthquakes of 5+ on the JMA scale, i.e. approximately VII on the Mercalli scale[b][25][26]

I certainly don’t think that was normal.

At the end of July, a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck the Pacific Ring of Fire just off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula…

On 30 July 2025, at 11:24:52 PETT (29 July, 23:24:52 UTC), a Mw 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, 119 km (74 mi) east-southeast of the coastal city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.[3][4] It was the most powerful earthquake recorded worldwide since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake,[5] and is tied with the 1906 Ecuador–Colombia and 2010 Chile earthquakes as the sixth-strongest ever recorded by seismometers.[6]

That quake was part of a global swarm of 494 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater within a 30 day period.

That was about 4 times as many earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or greater than we usually experience in a typical month.

Nobody can claim that was normal.

Here in the United States, the west coast has been getting pummeled by earthquake swarms over and over again.

In fact, there was another earthquake swarm in California on Monday

A swarm of earthquakes has struck California’s Bay Area, just miles from some of the most populated cities throughout the area.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was detected at 12.08pm ET on Monday, less than three miles from the city of San Ramon, followed by a magnitude 2.9 quake at 1.06pm.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed that these were at least the sixth and seventh small earthquake to strike the since 5.33am this morning.

The quakes took place less than 40 miles from San Francisco, and less than 30 miles from major cities such as Oakland, Concord, and San Jose.

One earthquake swarm in California is not a big deal.

But there were three other earthquake swarms in California just last week

Monday’s swarm was the latest seismic outbreak in the Bay Area, coming just days after residents in the region were shaken by three straight days of earthquake swarms rattling nerves along the state’s Central and Northern Coasts.

The recent swarms have also taken place along several branch faults in the broader San Andreas Fault System, sparking fears the main fault line could be closer to a major rupture that locals refer to as ‘the Big One.’

I have written a lot about “the Big One”.

It is coming.

And it is going to be a lot more destructive than the experts are admitting.

Have you seen the movie San Andreas?

When “the Big One” finally hits, it is going to be far worse than that.

If you live in Alaska, you are in danger too.

On Saturday, the state was rattled by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Alaska during the morning hours Saturday.

The earthquake struck at 11:41 a.m. local time northeast of Yakutat, Alaska, per the USGS.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Yakutat had a population of approximately 657 in 2020, and in 2023, a total of 332 housing units. The USGS interactive map indicates that the community lies more than 300 miles from Anchorage, where the quake was also experienced.

That quake was the first in a series of 164 quakes that rattled the state in less than 24 hours

Residents as far away as Anchorage and communities across the border in Canada’s Yukon Territory reported feeling the quake.

In the 24 hours following the main quake, seismic networks logged 164 earthquakes in the region. Many were aftershocks, including several registering magnitudes above 5.0. This number of aftershocks is not uncommon after a significant seismic event as the crust readjusts along the fault lines.

The entire southern coastline of Alaska sits directly along the Pacific Ring of Fire.

So does the entire west coast of the United States.

If you choose to live in one of those danger zones, you are taking a huge risk.

We are getting more warning signs on an almost daily basis, but most of those that live in high risk areas will ignore the warning signs until it is too late.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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Now We Are Witnessing Alarming Seismic Instability Along The East Coast, The New Madrid Fault Zone And The West Coast | End Of The American Dream

Why are we suddenly seeing so much seismic activity all over the planet?  Volcanoes just keep erupting one after another, and we just keep witnessing unusual earthquake swarms on major fault lines throughout the world.  Last Tuesday, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck along the Pacific Ring of Fire near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia caused quite a bit of panic.  Only five earthquakes that have ever been recorded have been larger than that earthquake.  Subsequently, there has been some very alarming seismic instability here in the United States.  For example, on Thursday a quake swarm that included a magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit southern California

On Thursday, July 31, a preliminary 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California’s Inland Empire near Muscoy in San Bernadino, California.

According to the USGS, the earthquake was reported about 9:30 a.m. local time, with smaller earthquakes ranging from magnitudes 2.8 to 3.1 reported shortly before and after.

Those that live in southern California are tired of hearing that “the Big One” is way overdue.

But it is true.

It is also true that a major earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone is way overdue.  On Friday, it was hit by a sizable quake for the 23rd time in just 4 weeks

Today, the 23rd earthquake in the last 4 weeks struck in the heart of an area known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone or NMSZ for short. While it was weak, it serves as a reminder of the area’s violent seismic past –and a warning of its potentially violent seismic future.

According to USGS, the morning earthquake struck at 9:11 am from a depth of 12.8 km. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck near the town of Blytheville, Arkansas roughly 60 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. This area has seen an uptick in seismic activity in recent days and months.

Is the New Madrid Seismic Zone starting to wake up?

It certainly appears so.

Following the New Madrid earthquake on Friday, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake hit New York and New Jersey on Saturday

An earthquake rattled New Jersey on Saturday, Aug. 2 and could be felt all the way through parts of New York City, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The epicenter of the 3.0 magnitude tremblor was in Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County on Saturday just after 10:15 p.m. ET, the USGS said.

The area is about 15 miles northwest of New York City, where the quake was also felt, according to USGS reports. Acccording to reports, the quake lasted for a few seconds before stopping.

The east coast is not known for earthquakes.

So what is going on?

Why are we suddenly seeing sizable quakes in such diverse places?

On Sunday, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake pummeled the Kamchatka Peninsula.  We are being told that it was part of “the ongoing aftershock sequence following the tsunami-generating M8.8 earthquake”…

A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.8 struck east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, at 05:37 UTC on August 3, 2025. The agency reports a depth of 35 km (22 miles), while the EMSC lists the same magnitude at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). This event is part of the ongoing aftershock sequence following the tsunami-generating M8.8 earthquake that occurred at 23:24 UTC on July 29.

There have been more than 20 major aftershocks of at least magnitude 5.0 in the days since the initial earthquake.

And it also appears that the magnitude 8.8 earthquake also caused a Russian volcano that had been dormant for almost 600 years to suddenly erupt

Russia’s remote Krasheninnikov volcano, dormant for roughly 600 years, erupted overnight in Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s far east, just days after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the region.

The eruption generated an ash plume rising approximately 6,000 meters (nearly 20,000 feet) into the sky, the Kamchatka branch of Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Services said, as per Reuters. The volcano itself stands at 1,856 meters.

I am not sure why this isn’t getting a lot more attention.

The last time that Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupted was in the 1400s

This eruption marks the first documented activity at Krasheninnikov since around 1463, according to experts, making it a geologically significant event. The timing, coming shortly after one of the strongest earthquakes in recent years, suggests a potential link between tectonic stress and volcanic activation.

On the other side of the globe, one of the most powerful volcanoes in Indonesia just shot hot ash 11 miles into the sky

For the second day in a row, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, erupted.

The explosion launched a column of smoke and volcanic material shot up to 11 miles in the sky early Saturday morning. Debris from the volcano blanketed villages, but no casualties have been reported. The explosion was one of the country’s largest since the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi, the country’s most volatile volcano.

On Friday, in an eruption that occurred just hours before the one Saturday morning, smoke and ash went as high as 6.2 miles, as the volcano lit up the sky with glowing lava and bolts of lightning.

How many volcanoes have to blow their tops before people start waking up?

What we are experiencing is definitely not normal.

But because most of the major seismic events that we are witnessing are taking place on the other side of the globe most Americans are not paying much attention.

But ignoring what is happening is not going to change the fact that we really are entering the most apocalyptic chapter in human history.

There is one more thing that I wanted to mention before I conclude this article.

2025 has been “the year of the flood”, but it has also been “the year of the fire”.

Here in the United States, we are on pace to more than double the number of wildfires that we had last year, and a wildfire that has been burning in Grand Canyon National Park since July 4th is now considered to be a “megafire”

A wildfire that broke out in Grand Canyon National Park has now been deemed a “megafire” due to its size.

The Dragon Bravo fire ignited from a lightning strike on July 4. As firefighters readied to contain the blaze, fire conditions rapidly changed, causing the fire to explode in size.

As of Friday, the Dragon Bravo Fire has burned 111,970 acres, becoming a “megafire” – a term given by the U.S. Forest Service when a fire reaches over 100,000 acres.

On Monday, this fire will have been burning for an entire month, and there is no end in sight.

Of course most of us stopped thinking about that fire long ago, because there is a new major disaster to focus on almost every single day.

We have entered a time when we are being hit by major disasters on an almost constant basis.

How many times do we have to get hit before the experts will finally start admitting that an unprecedented period of planetary instability has now arrived?

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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Apocalypse Now: The Increasing Instability Of Our Planet Is On Full Display In 2025 | End Of The American Dream

Once dormant volcanoes have been erupting all over the globe, Mt. Rainier has been rattled by more than 1,000 earthquakes this month, one area of Japan has been getting hit by thousands of earthquakes, the largest supervolcano in Europe has been shaking like crazy, and a magnitude 8.8 earthquake just hammered the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.  There have only been five earthquakes that have ever been recorded that have been larger than the earthquake that we witnessed on Tuesday.  2025 has been “the year of the disaster”, and we just keep getting hit by one thing after another.  For a long time I have been warning that our planet is becoming increasingly unstable, and finally a lot of people out there are starting to understand.

The shaking that we are experiencing is not normal.

We really are living in apocalyptic times.

And yes, things are going to get a lot worse.

I believe that we should regard the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that just occurred as a warning.  It sent tsunami waves all over the Pacific, but fortunately those tsunami waves did not do that much damage

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific. No substantial damage has been reported so far, but authorities warned people away from shorelines and said the risk could last more than a day.

Ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia near the 8.8 magnitude quake’s epicenter flooded as residents fled inland, and frothy, white waves washed up to the shore in northern Japan. Cars jammed streets and highways in Hawaii’s capital, with standstill traffic even in areas away from the shoreline.

It could have been so much worse.

Once the earthquake struck, people living in Hawaii were scrambling to get to higher ground.

Thankfully, the tsunami waves that hit Hawaii were only a few feet high, and the tsunami waves that hit the west coast were not much of a problem at all

The first tsunami waves hit Hawaii at 8.20pm local time, 2.20am EST. Water levels were above 4 feet in Haleiwa on Oahu’s north shore, reaching 5 feet just minutes later and causing floods.

Oahu Emergency Management warned residents: ‘Tsunami waves are currently impacting Hawaii. Take action NOW!’

In California, the first waves hit the coast at Crescent City near the Oregon border just after midnight local time, while tsunami waves hit Washington state not long after.

But the fact that we were just hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake is a really big deal.

It was the largest earthquake anywhere in the world since the magnitude 9.1 earthquake that caused the giant tsunami that absolutely devastated Fukushima back in 2011

Wednesday’s earthquake was the sixth most powerful on record, and the strongest in Kamchatka region since 1952, with aftershocks of up to 7.5 magnitude expected.

It is the largest earthquake globally since 2011, when a 9.1 megaquake hit northeast Japan and left 19,747 people either dead or missing.

Dozens of very large aftershocks shook the Kamchatka Peninsula following the initial magnitude 8.8 earthquake, and the biggest active volcano in the northern hemisphere began spewing lava

The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula began erupting on Wednesday following a powerful earthquake off Russia’s far eastern coast.

Lava began flowing from what is the largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere.The Russian Academy of Sciences’ United Geophysical Service said in a post on Telegram: “A descent of burning hot lava is observed on the western slope. Powerful glow above the volcano, explosions.”

According to Volcano Discovery, 41 volcanoes around the world are currently erupting right now.

But don’t worry.

The “experts” are telling us that everything is fine.

You believe them, don’t you?

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that we just witnessed happened on a “megathrust fault”

The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a “megathrust fault”, where the denser Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the lighter North American Plate, scientists said.

The Pacific Plate has been on the move, making the Kamchatka Peninsula area off Russia’s Far East coast where it struck especially vulnerable to such tremors – and bigger aftershocks cannot be ruled out, they said.

Of course there is a “megathrust fault” just off the west coast of the United States too.

It is called “the Cascadia Subduction Zone”, and it is a ticking time bomb…

The Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake may not have brought the same devastation as previous shocks, but a far more deadly seismic event is looming for the US West Coast.

A major 600-mile-long fault line known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone runs from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Cape Mendocino in northern California.

It is just a matter of time before a giant earthquake happens along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and a recent study determined that a large enough quake “could cause coastal land to sink 6.5 feet within minutes”

A study from Virginia Tech in April showed an earthquake of force eight or above could cause coastal land to sink 6.5 feet within minutes, devastating cities such as Seattle and Portland and flooding hundreds of miles of roadway, airports, schools, hospitals and power plants.

Researchers determined that the most severe effects would hit densely populated areas in northern California, southern Washington and northern Oregon.

Not too far from the Cascadia Subduction Zone is the most dangerous volcano in North America.

A full-blown eruption of Mt. Rainier would cause tremendous death and destruction, and this month it has been shaken by more than 1,000 earthquakes

Over 1,000 earthquakes have rocked Washington’s Mount Rainier in the largest ever seismic swarm recorded at this active volcano, waiting to erupt.

Experts from the US Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that this record-breaking earthquake swarm started on July 8 and has continued ever since.

As of July 25, geologists have recorded at least 1,010 small earthquakes around the mountain, which is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the US.

If you live near Mt. Rainier, these earthquakes are your warning.

It is capable of unleashing enormous tsunamis of super-heated mud that travel at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, and those that currently live in homes that were constructed directly on top of old deposits of super-heated mud from Mt. Rainier would have very little time to escape.

Meanwhile, scientists are now telling us that there is “something large moving deep beneath New England”

There’s something large moving deep beneath New England.

This is the conclusion of a new paper by researchers from the University of Southampton, England, who have been studying a mysterious patch of unusually hot rock below the Appalachian Mountains.

This region—known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA)—is some 200 miles wide and lies around 125 miles beneath the surface.

I never considered New England to be a high risk area.

But apparently researchers have discovered a “huge, slow-moving blob of hot material” directly underneath the region…

Imagine taking a CT scan of the Earth. That’s essentially what geologists did using seismic tomography, a technique that tracks how earthquake waves travel through different layers of the planet. What they found under New Hampshire was a huge, slow-moving blob of hot material.

This kind of anomaly is typically seen near volcanoes or tectonic boundaries—but New England has neither.

So why am I sharing all of this?

I am sharing all of this to warn the world about what is coming.

The shaking that we are experiencing is not normal.

We really are living in apocalyptic times.

And yes, things are going to get a lot worse.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”“End Times”“7 Year Apocalypse”“Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”“The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse BlogEnd Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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REPORT: Evidence Suggests FDR Let Pearl Harbor Happen to Force America into WWII | The Gateway Pundit

83 years ago yesterday, America was brought into war with what was described then, and has been described consistently since, as a “sneak attack” by Imperial Japan.

Then-President Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech on December 8th before Congress where he described it as a “Day of Infamy” where America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.

What Roosevelt failed to mention is that he knew the attack was going to happen, the government had received copious warnings about what was going to happen, and those warnings were not only ignored but steps were taken to facilitate the Japanese attack.

A series of events and factual matters strongly suggest that Roosevelt not only wanted war, but employed his top officials to help him in that effort.

The Chief of Naval Operations, Lt. Cmdr. Arthur H. McCollum wrote the eight-action-points-memo on Oct. 7, 1940 to try to get Japan to attack the United States first.

You can read the entire important McCollum memo about baiting Japan into war here. This memo was originally uncovered by historian Robert Stinnett (1924-2018) and published in his 1999 work, “Day of Deceit.” Here’s the key section:

On October 10, 1940, Roosevelt brought in his Pacific commanders and informed them that he sought to go to war with Japan quietly and with economics. This left them ‘amazed’ according to later testimony by Admiral James O. Richardson.

In the winter of 1940, an American doctor who spent decades in Korea ends up in Hawaii. While there, Koreans keep identifying Japanese military spies on the island. The doctor relates this to the military, who tells him that they know all about it already and not to worry.

Ambassador Joseph Grew (1880-1965)

On January 27th, the State Department’s Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew learns that the Japanese plan, in case of a conflict with the United States, is to launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

Lt. Cmdr. McCollum dictates a memo to the CINC Pacific Fleet on February 1, 1941 that in case of a Japanese sneak attack, it will most likely happen at Pearl HarborHere’s the memo:

Adm. Richardson had been replaced in February 1941 because he was concerned that the Japanese would start a war by attacking the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. He was opposed to rehoming the fleet from the West Coast of America in San Diego to Pearl Harbor. He was replaced with Adm. Kimmel.

In May 1941, Japanese diplomats are caught telling the Brazilians that they will be at war with the Americans soon.

Gen. Short replaced Maj. General Albert M. Jones in June 1941, as responsible for the ground defense of the islands.

In late July the press is complaining that FDR has been subsidizing the Japanese war effort because Roosevelt is selling cheap oil and cheap steel to Japan. Roosevelt says he is doing this because if he were to cut these exports off, it would cause war with Japan. A week later, Roosevelt cuts off oil and steel to Japan.

On July 31st, Washington seized 19 Japanese fishing vessels that were spying around Hawaii.

In August Lloyd’s of London started selling “bombing insurance” in Hawaii. A week later, they stopped selling the insurance.

Japanese Prime Minister Konoe in 1941.

In August, the Konoe government of Japan was begging Washington for a peace treaty. They told Washington they would accept any terms and proposed a peace summit in Hawaii.

Roosevelt demurred and deflected, and the response was that Japan would have to first make humiliating concessions to Washington first.

These actions ultimately caused the collapse of the Japanese government on October 16th and empowered the militarists.

In October, Washington ordered all commercial traffic in the Pacific sea lanes to stop. By clearing the sea lanes, there was a clear path for the Japanese fleet to get to Pearl Harbor. They made it so that no commercial craft would inadvertently alert Pearl Harbor to the incoming attack.

But some did anyway, as reported by the Chicago Tribune:

In mid-October, a Hearst reporter is repeatedly urging Admiral Glassford, the head of the Asiatic Fleetthat the Japanese will attack on or after December 6th. Adm. Glassford takes this seriously enough to personally relocate himself and the reporter to Manila.

On November 3rd, the State Department learns and discusses that the Japanese in Panama have told their allies and representatives that war with America is coming soon and inevitable. See below.

On November 6th, a military engineer named James E. Cassidy was instructed to have plans ready in one hour to build and deploy anti-aircraft regiments and batteries defending the northern island of Oahu, which is precisely the path that the Japanese attack happened from.

These plans were then given a 5-month build-time. Cassidy had no doubt that orders were given to warn of an incoming attack and were countermanded by higher-ups. He said as much in a confidential letter to the U.S. Senator investigating Pearl Harbor in 1945, here’s the excerpt of the letter:

On November 10th, the State Department is gloating that the embargo has brought Japan to its knees, and it will either have to pursue war or humiliating concessions from Washington. They estimate Japan has 10 months of oil for domestic consumption left, and 2 years worth of oil for their Navy stockpiled.

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1871-1955), who served from 1933-1944.

On November 17th, the State Department said in private memos between the Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew and the Secretary of State Cordell Hull that if war with Japan were to start, it would start with a sneak attackSee below.

On November 24, 1941 and again on December 2nd, the military brass knew that the Japanese fleet was outbound and was going to attack somewhere. They discussed over memos whether it would be a British or American possession and base that was attacked.

On November 27th, Washington ordered Adm. Kimmel and Gen. Short to set condition 1 across Hawaii, which was putting the entire area on alert for possible acts of sabotage with no threat from attack. Gen. Short was refused permission to distribute ammunition in order to defend the island.

On November 29, 1941, Australia offers to intervene to stop the impending war. They asked to mediate the fight to avoid a war. The response from the State Department and the Secretary of State Cordell Hull was that “the diplomatic stage was over…”

On November 30, 1941, national editorialist Walter Lippmann was explaining that if negotiations with Japan fail, the U.S. will not start a war, but Japan very likely will do so, “…but Japan may start a war in which we shall have to fight back.”

national journalist Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

On November 30, 1941, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser announced in a screaming page one headline: the Japanese may strike over the weekend!

The week prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, the military was drafting an order declaring martial law.

The U.S.S. Enterprise

The carriers had been sent away. The U.S.S. Lexington was sent on November 28th on a training exercise to the southeast. The U.S.S. Enterprise was sent on December 5th west on a patrol mission. The U.S.S. Saratoga had been sent on November 28th to a mission in the South Pacific. The aged and obsolete battleships were left in port, with their port holes open.

Admiral Husband Kimmel (1882-1968)

The entire Pacific Fleet was brought into the harbor and lined up for a parade and review. Whereas previously the fleet was never gathered in one spot at one time like this, it was gathered on December 6th and prepared so that on Monday December 8th, it could be reviewed by Admiral Husband Kimmel. Kimmel gave leave to the sailors for December 7th, so many of them were hung over on that Sunday morning. According to several tipsters, Admiral Kimmel was as well.

A week prior the newspaper had warned of a possible impending Japanese attack.

Sailors later told their hometown newspapers that a state of war had existed for some time with Japan, and that it was well-known in the Pacific that the Japanese were firing upon U.S. ships. You can read one account of that here in 1942, from Pennsylvania sailor Joseph Purta:

On Dec. 2nd, the State Department was aware that the Japanese were trying to flee American-controlled Panama for Chile because “war was almost inevitable” between America and Japan.

From Dec. 2nd through Dec. 6th, Naval Intelligence officer Robert D. Ogg (1918-2006) was relaying movements of the Japanese fleet, the Kido Butai fleet that would attack Pearl Harbor, to his commander, Capt. Richard T. McCullough. McCullough was in touch with the Roosevelt White House giving them updates on where the Japanese fleet was at.

Prior to the attack, doctors and nurses were warned that an attack was coming, so they stockpiled supplies. On the day of the attack, according to witnesses writing to Senators years later, they noticed that no military reconnaissance planes were in the air anywhere on the island, which was not normal. They were told not to fire a shot without clearance from Washington.

On December 6th the Navy ordered the submarine nets protecting Pearl Harbor taken down for ‘regular maintenance.’

Dutch Admiral Johan Meijer-Ranneft (1886-1982)

On December 6th, Adm. Johan Ranneft (1886-1982) from the Dutch Navy serving as the attache in Washington is visiting friends in the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. and while there, he sees an incoming Japanese fleet steaming for Pearl Harbor.

He asks what’s going on and is told to forget what he’s seeing. He had previously seen the same force heading east on December 2nd. When he relates this story years later, he’s called a liar.

But years prior, he had submitted his diaries from those years to an archive. When the archive is checked, his diary noted that he had seen the incoming Japanese fleet on December 6th while at the Navy’s headquarters for military intelligence.

In the evening of December 6th, the men of the U.S.S. Wright see an aircraft carrier steaming towards Pearl Harbor. They cannot determine its nationality, and there is some dispute about whether or not they radio’ed the contact in.

G-2 Military Intelligence ordered the Opana Point radar operators, Privates Joseph Lockard and George Elliott, to turn off their radar at 7:00AM. Hawaii air defense radar had been on a 24/7 cycle, but were shifted by Washington into a cycle only covering the early mornings.

They disobeyed orders and kept the radar on anyway, to get extra practice time using the machines. When they turned them on at 7:02AM they were alarmed by the incoming fleet of planes, so they reported it immediately.

They were told “not to worry about it.” RepeatedlyNo fighters would be sent to intercept the large incoming swarm of planes even with an hour’s warning before the attack started.

Kermit Tyler served until 1961 and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was cleared of all wrongdoing and was never disciplined.

This person who refused to take their warnings, Lt. Kermit Tyler (1913-2010), was never reprimanded for his role in negligently allowing the Pearl Harbor attack to happen.

If Lt. Tyler had sent up the fighters to intercept the first Japanese wave when they were first detected at 7:02AM, it’s very likely the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S. Oklahoma would not have been sunk over an hour later. Whenever this is brought up, the court historians claim without evidence that it wouldn’t have mattered.

The Soviet Ambassador had caught the last plane out of Hawaii on Saturday night.

On December 7th, Washington had notice of the break in Japanese relations at noon eastern standard time, which was 6:30AM Hawaii-time. This was 90 minutes before the attack. Hawaii was not notified because of what they said were “technical difficulties” that included a malfunctioning communications device. The message was sent after the attack was over.

There is this meme that the U.S. was just absolutely surprised and shocked that the Japanese chose war.

It came as no surprise to anyone in power at the time.

Here’s a Virginian paper the day before December 7, 1941:

Roosevelt knew. And he could have done anything to stop it. But he didn’t want to stop it. He wanted to use it.

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