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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: BeauBo

That pic makes me shudder———but it was necessary.

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27 posted on 12/06/2016 2:39:49 PM PST by Mears
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