Sending a GAZILLION tons of armaments and ships didn’t leave him much choice did it?!?!?
PLEASE don’t make me defend a monster on any issue.
But what would you do?
Don’t tell me America wasn’t at war before they officially were at war because we were doing everything short of bleeding as far as taking sides was concerned.
You wouldn’t consider someone arming your enemy THAT MUCH as YOUR ENEMY?
I am not making you do anything.
I am just pointing out the reality.
We did not declare war on Germany until they did it first.
If he had done it before the attack you might have a point but he did not.
Since it took a few days it was doubtful it was because of "treaty" and the attack by Japan would have cut any help for the UK off cold.
So he got what he wanted without lifting a finger UNTIL he declared war on us.
Once that happened we were the ones who did not have a choice.