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To: Rurudyne

Nothing really to apologize for. In August 1941, FDR cut them off from oil. He had probably moral reasons, but nonetheless, he cut them off from civilization’s lifeblood (the US was the Saudi Arabia of that time, big oil exporter).

His military said . . . the only place to get oil is Indonesia and for us to do that, the US Pacific Fleet must be neutralized.

So they attacked — and apparently only a snafu prevented them from delivering a declaration of war a few minutes before the attack.

They fought. They lost. Happens all the time. No need to apologize.


20 posted on 12/06/2016 2:28:27 PM PST by Owen
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To: Owen
"In August 1941, FDR cut them off from oil. He had probably moral reasons"

The Japanese Empire invaded French Indochina, replete with their usual atrocities and war crimes - powered by American oil, and using lots of American manufactured goods. Congress passed the law authorizing the President to restrict exports. Although the threat was very real, he did not actually cut off the oil.

I am pretty sure that the Japanese were sorry about Pearl Harbor though:


26 posted on 12/06/2016 2:38:02 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Owen
In August 1941, FDR cut them off from oil.

That's what Obama will apologize for.

33 posted on 12/06/2016 3:10:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Owen
Nothing really to apologize for. In August 1941, FDR cut them off from oil. He had probably moral reasons, but nonetheless, he cut them off from civilization’s lifeblood (the US was the Saudi Arabia of that time, big oil exporter). His military said . . . the only place to get oil is Indonesia and for us to do that, the US Pacific Fleet must be neutralized.

Ah, so this is the reason Japs killed 20 million chinese. They needed oil. Presumably it's also the reason they vivisected prisoners. They needed oil. American airmen were vivisected at a Japanese medical school. This latter event proves that even Japan's finest, such as their med students and doctors, were sick in the head.

54 posted on 12/06/2016 8:09:44 PM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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