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Originally posted by ZzZ:
I have to apologize. I did not want to ignore you. You gave a good statement and it was backed with lots of true historical information. I think always have to do with power ... there is no religious or other reason for a war except the hunger for power and more power. Oil also means power ... another good reason to start a war.
ZzZ
LOL, no apologies called for ZZZ, I was just offering another of my usual wry, cynical observations.
One of the most unfortunate things about Americans is our appalling disregard of history. Look at the way we disregarded the french experience in Indochina, and proceeded to make all the same mistakes.
My original point was simply that, morality aside, the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor was an inevitable result of our own actions. From the the naval treaty of 1922, with its insulting "5-5-3" clause, to the oil embargo that was the final step, we provoked the Japanese, but never took them seriously.