It probably helped us win the war, but what a price the Chinese paid for being unable to defend themselves!
Sounds familiar. Clinton was offered Osama 8 to 10 times. It cost 3000 plus lives. How much guts does it require to not cancel an expensive mission in the most powerful nation in the world. How stupid does it look to gloat about not cancelling it? How stupid is the voter supposed to feel hearing Bill Maher was fired off his own show for mentioning Clinton launching a Tomahawk into an aspirin factory at 4 AM (local) and feels horrible that the sleeping janitor was killed?
The Japanese needed little provocation when it came to brutality. Like their Nazi buddies, they were a superior race, and the commission of atrocities were commonplace.
As far as winning the war, although Pearl Harbor was devastated, they missed the aircraft carriers. They were out at sea.