[kabar]

Remember they said the same thing about Japan in WWII. "They would never attack us, we trade to much with them".

Please cite your source for this patently false assertion.

[redgolum]

http://www.worldwariihistory.info/WWII/Japan.html

Talks about the trade with Japan pre 39. We where their biggest partner, and when FDR began to shut it off is when Japan started to see the US as a threat.