The problem was not Japan, Germany or Italy alone, it was all three combined.
Imagine a German-controlled Europe, an Italian-dominated Mediterranean and African continent, and a Japanese-dominated Pacific.
Eventually if we didn’t act against at least one of the Axis powers, they would eventually worm their way into Latin America to become a direct threat.
Of course. I was just attempting to have a little fun poking at the conspiracy, or the conspiracy minded.
If we had actually done nothing, of the three, I’d think the Germans were the most likely to eventually become a direct threat on the NA continent, via Mexico. There’s a reason the Zimmerman telegram was a thing back in the previous war.
Anyway, yes, in the end, our intervention in the global unpleasantness was necessary. I (really) just think it’s sad that we had to start things off by losing a good portion of our navy and thousands of young sailors. Conspiracy or not, the lack of preparedness on 12/7 was at the very minimum a case of stunning incompetence.
Which was followed up by several more acts of stunning incompetence, until about June of 1942. (and a few later, in the area of Guadalcanal)
They were already worming their way into Latin America long before WWII. And you are correct that the stakes were much higher than most people realize these days. Unfortunately, the forces of evil did not go away with the end of WWII. It just morphed into something else. The same thing happened at the end of the “Cold War”. Unfortunately evil does not go away; it is part of the human condition.
The lessons of history should be a guide to help us navigate the future. Unfortunately history is recorded by people with an agenda and modified by people with agendas to the point that its predictive value is severely compromised most of the time. But direct parallels can still be drawn at times.
It is only by the grace of God that our country has lasted as long as it has. Evil is as strong to day as it ever has been and it has infiltrated itself further into our system than most would have imagined that it ever could. If we had not elected a President who is making every effort to alter our course the path to destruction would be considerably shorter. But every step President Trump takes to make America Great Again is matched by incredible evil and nastiness.