[wideawake]

That the Japanese attack on Pearl was a response to our economic embargo on oil shipments is hardly controversial.

It is controversial, inasmuch as it is a lie.

[jdege]

That the Japanese attack on Pearl was a response to our economic embargo on oil shipments is hardly controversial.

It is controversial, inasmuch as it is a lie.

Nobody who has even glanced at the history of the period would agree with you.