It is clear that Washington wanted the Japanese to attack, knew that they were going to attack, and FDR let it happen. He needed a legitimate reason to get into the war because his whole re-election campaign was promising to keep us out of it. Pearl Harbor gave him one. So not a false flag, but a green flag, like Israel knew about the Hamas attack but let it happen to further their own goals.
It is clear that Washington wanted the Japanese to attack, knew that they were going to attack, and FDR let it happen. He needed a legitimate reason to get into the war because his whole re-election campaign was promising to keep us out of it. Pearl Harbor gave him one. So not a false flag, but a green flag, like Israel knew about the Hamas attack but let it happen to further their own goals.
https://fee.org/articles/the-day-of-deceit-the-truth-about-fdr-and-pearl-harbor/
And Roosevelt declared war on Japan first, the day after the blitz on Pearl Harbour.