Attack

Can people learn from the past is a question often asked. In the 1930's while Hitler was coming to power in Germany, Japan was also looking to expand into new countries. Japanese forces moved into China and later the Philippians. In response the US, the main supplier of oil, steel and iron, cut off supplies to Japan. The US should have expected Japan to retaliate but they did not. In the weeks leading up to Pearl Harbor 83 messages from Japan's Admiral Yamamoto were intercepted that were describing the attack on Pearl Harbor but nothing was done. In May of 2001 Cofer Black, chief of CIA counterterrorism center said, it was very evident that we were going to be struck, we were going to be struck hard and lots of Americans were going to die. “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” The CIA’s famous Presidential Daily Brief, presented to George W. Bush on August 6, 2001. Once again nothing was done. Today we await an attack from within the country from some terror group. Millions of got a ways have entered the country illegally and the government knows little about them or where they are. The FBI Chief Wray says there are imminent threats. Will the country once again wait until after the attack to take action