Because the a@@hole FDR with his buddies in Rockefeller and the other “sisters” of Oil, put an embargo on the growing Japan’s oil. Dutch Shell had a great part in it— and their wells and fields were taken, right off by Japan.
It was— OIL, and it was because Britain desperately needed us to be attacked and get into the war it was losing. Strange that Hitler declared war on the US. Prior to all this he was making all kinds of entreaties and buddying up to the US— vs. the Soviets. Not so ironic the US employed the Canaris and Gehlen Nazi spy networks right after the war against the Soviets (an effective network we had no clue how to fight the Soviets in spy game).
RE: Because the a@@hole FDR with his buddies in Rockefeller and the other “sisters” of Oil, put an embargo on the growing Japan’s oil. Dutch Shell had a great part in it— and their wells and fields were taken, right off by Japan.
In other words, it was the fault of the American government? We are the villains.
RE: Because the a@@hole FDR with his buddies in Rockefeller and the other “sisters” of Oil, put an embargo on the growing Japan’s oil
Of course. But the article says that we did it for a REASON. It was because of Japan’s expansionism. It was because of Japan’s invasion of China ( an ally then ) and the subsequent Nanjing Rape and Massacre among others.
I hope you’re not saying that in light of these, we should not be sanctioning Imperial Japan.
If so, then let’s be consistent, we should stops our sanctions against North Korea and Iran right now and Obama was right to do so.