The politicians have always manouevered public opinion in one way or another. According to a recent TV programme, millions of Russians still long for the return of Stalin. In Britain, thousands still revere the memory of the great destroyer Thatcher. It has been alleged that Churchill allowed the carpet bombing of Coventry of which he had knowledge beforehand so as not to leak to the Germans that the Enigma code was broken. In regard to "Pearl" it is now valid to compare the film "Tora, Tora, Tora" with it. That film I think stands up well in comparison. Take away Pearl's special effects and it falls down. Would the Americans of 1941 call the Japanese "suckers"? I think the "s" would be replaced with an "f."