Sorry. I didn’t see that this had already been posted.
Actually, we did embargo Japan.
And then there was the Hawaiian radar thingy, which doesn’t look good at all in hindsight.
Sometimes reading history sucks.
But at least in 1941, Americans knew what the importance of America was, no matter who was lying to them.
Now? Hey, it’s all relative, dude.
China can’t stop laughing...