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> Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was spurred by America oil embargo on Japan ...and the embargo on Japan was due to it's continuing invasion of China...
by vorpalhex 5y ago
> Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was spurred by America oil embargo on Japan
...and the embargo on Japan was due to it's continuing invasion of China...
- sudosysgen 5y agoSure, which the US didn't oppose as a matter of principle but as a matter of empire.
- vorpalhex 5y agoThe US and the EU repeatedly told Japan to stop it's invasion. Japan did have some cassus belli initially but after several atrocities happened the response grew much louder - specifically after a pastor was killed by a stray bomb and the photograph made it's way back to western audiences with an accounting from his daughter.
- barbacoa 5y agoCorrect. Without American oil imports, Japan was forced to seize Dutch oil production in Indonesia to keep their economy running. That would drag the USA into the war, therefore it was a logical conclusion to strike the USA first. It's not hard to see Russia's action as a logical action to protect their interests. That however is not the same as condoning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.