Ruler said:
Jon-Erich said:
As I said before, Japan didn't just attack a military base. They occupied territories such as Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines where both military and cililian populations brutally tortured and murdered by the Japanese Imperial Army. That's just the US side of it. Go ahead and ask the Chinese and Koreans how good Japan was to them. I would never approve of doing things for the sake of vengeance, but by the end of the way, Japan had pissed off quite a few people.
As for the embargo, the embargo was put in place because Roosevelt had learned that oil from the US was fueling Japan's war in the far east. The idea was that by cutting off the oild supply, Japan would have to pull out of China. Japan felt that since America was largely an isolationist nation at the time, that an attack would not only keep the US out of the Pacific for a while but also bring them to the negotiating table. None of that happened. Still, the embargo was fairly justified. Would you want to sell something to another country knowing that what your selling them is causing an unjustified war to take place?
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So why is the US selling weapons right now around the world to questionable countries? Like Saudi Arabia making war against syria and yemen?
great so the US cried about Japan colonizing US colonies?
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Because those countries are serving the interests of the people who are currently at the head the US government...who were not the same people who were in charge back in the 1930's and 40's. Before the Neocons came along and started dictating US foreign policy, America left most of everyone alone. As for the colonization of US territory, two wrongs don't make a right. Japan had this mentality that because the US and Britain colonized certain territories, that they also have that right. That is the wrong mentality to have. Not to mention, they didn't simply occupy US territories. They committed all sorts of acts of torture and murder of POW's and civilians. That was completely uncalled for and unjustified.
