Certainly unless you were there and you were involved in the attacks, how would you know? It most certainly would be very difficult. To many it seems that no doubt the Japanese attacked the US and thrust us into World War II. To many historians and many average Americans, this is what basically happened. But like some historic events there are others out there that tend to believe differently. These people spend tons of time collecting data and information to conclude other things. Are they right or wrong? Well, who really knows? This post is not about that at all; just basically it shows there are certainly other points of view. One is that the president knew the attack was coming and did nothing so that it would force us into the War. Wow, could you imagine that? Well some people do, sometimes they claim to base their theories on evidence, and others just speculate these things. No matter what, what history does show is that we were not allies with Japan, there was an attack and we went to war that cost the lives of thousands of people. This much we do know.