Short person
also: General Short, outpost commander
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War Plans Division covered_up
Short book_quoted
“With the aid of hindsight, I have reached the opinion that the War Plans Division of the General Staff would have placed itself in the safety of the country in a sounder position if it had transmitted to General Short more information than …”
▶ Secret Societies Skull and Bones @ 1:07:49
Henry Stimson framed
Short host_asserted
“And Knight, in my opinion, betrayed a misconception of his real duty, which was almost beyond belief. So here he is throwing General Short under the bus. And the question is, should General Short have known Japan was coming? Did they give h…”
▶ Secret Societies Skull and Bones @ 1:08:45
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▶ 1:07:49
With the aid of hindsight, I have reached the opinion that the War Plans Division of the General Staff would have placed itself in the safety of the country in a sounder position if it had transmitted to General Short more information than …
▶ 1:08:16
Given these two facts, both of which were stated without equivocation in the message of November 27th, the outpost commander should be on the alert to make his fight. To cluster his airplanes in such groups and positions that in an emergenc…
▶ 1:08:45
And Knight, in my opinion, betrayed a misconception of his real duty, which was almost beyond belief. So here he is throwing General Short under the bus. And the question is, should General Short have known Japan was coming? Did they give h…
▶ 1:09:51
That on the civilian side that have the best interests of their buddies and corporate America, as opposed to what's military specific and what you need to do in order to prepare for something. So the it is almost unfathomable unless General…
▶ 1:15:41
Blank. That would be Skull and Bones alumni, William Howard Taft. That's right. Yeah. So they pass it down from one bonesman to another, the secretary of the war. It's absolutely amazing. And nobody asked questions. All right, let's wrap up…