Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...judging the Navy's humiliation at Pearl Harbor bear in mind that the Government in Washington may be equally to blame...
...along the line Honolulu-Midway-Wake-Guam-Manila. But for the moment his mission was mainly defensive. It was almost as thoroughly defensive as the mission of Lieut. General Walter C. Short, commander of Honolulu's Army defenses, who also fell victim to surprise, but who could probably blame it on the extraordinary inadequacy of U.S. Naval reconnaissance of the Pacific. Gifted with a preponderance of tonnage and fire power, protected by more and better aircraft, the U.S. Navy has thought in terms of assault...
...attack on the competence of our government and its leaders (who are, it is implied, to blame for the Japanese assault...
...real imminence of war with Japan last week struck Manuel Quezon. In his mind's eye he saw Japanese bombers over Manila and perhaps his own people pointing at him accusingly. In one tense, crisis-ridden night, he made an astonishing speech and tried to put the blame away from himself...
...said that although the picture has "several sad deficiencies," it is, on the whole, "a good job with some excellent parts. Anything wrong in the script you can't blame on me. The good lines are mine...