US Army Considers Adopting an Interim Battle Rifle in 7.62NATO: eventually adopt 6.5

[montana]

If so, he must've had one helluva crystal ball. He rejected it five years before the Japanese invaded China, seven years before the Germans conquered Poland, and almost a decade before Pearl Harbor.

There were many crystal balls being used in the US before Pearl Harbor. The largest bomber factory in the world at Willow Run was dedicated the summer before Pearl Harbor and our entry into WW2. Great timing wouldn't you say?