because cordell hull had been for a long time a congressman from tennessee. he had been senator from tennessee. he had been instrumental in bringing in some of the southern states. and it 1932 election and after that is a reward was to be appointed secretary of state. he was somewhat busy with with south america like being the american council. he effectively knew nothing about the far east and probably not much about europe either. roosevelt had every intention of being in his own secretary of state. so as far as he was concerned, it didn't matter very much. how would you praise admiral yamamoto, a strategy following pearl harbor after pearl harbor? pearl harbor was a curious thing. the carrier fleet withdrew. whether they planned to do more or whether they didn't plan it. the more they withdrew. this left our carriers intact and they were ready to raid throughout the central pacific because yamamoto took his carriers, all six of them, back to japan, and then went down to truc to rabaul. they they invaded and took rabaul. then they went into the northwest pa