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> I think he is saying that FDR stopped selling oil to Japan Sure, but then maybe don’t start a war with all of Asia. There was a high degree of grandiosity an
by diceduckmonk 4y ago
> I think he is saying that FDR stopped selling oil to Japan
Sure, but then maybe don’t start a war with all of Asia. There was a high degree of grandiosity and hubris where they thought the way out of a losing strategy and resources was to double down and go after more
- fosk 4y agoJust wanted to point out that the US profited from selling oil to Japan so they could invade all of Asia, and they profited for a very long time.
- macintux 4y agoThe U.S. was also in the middle of a mild economic downturn in the 30s, so while I’m sure in hindsight I wish we would have imposed sanctions sooner, I’m not sure I would have done it differently given the exigencies of the time.