It was Japan’s choice to be an aggressor and our calling as a free nation to counter them anyway we could. All actions have consequences that need to be considered in the light of history. Can we find a less undesirable response to aggression and irregardless are we prepared to bear the consequences?
“All actions have consequences...are we prepared to bear the consequences?”
When FDR cut off oil and scrap metal to Japan he understood that they had two choices, attack us or stop their aggression in China. The fact that we were not ready for the attack is probably due to normalcy bias. The West’s present actions against Russia present even more challenge than FDR’s actions presented to the Japanese. We assume that since nuclear weapons have not been used in the past that Putin will not use them in the future. This is normalcy bias and assumes that Putin is the same type person as his western counterparts. But how many journalists and opposition leaders have been murdered in western countries?