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Here is where you went off track a bit. Contrary to popular belief, the US was not the victim of naked aggression. The US was upset with Japan due to their war in China, and more specifically with their treatment of US citizens they found in China. The US reaction to this situation was to enforce an oil embargo against Japan. Remember, Japan has no oil line, and the results of the embargo, had it been allowed to continue, would have been disastrous for both the Japanese economy and their war effort. The bombing of Pearl Harbour had the desired effect of breaking the embargo, as the US ships enforcing it were forced to withdraw to the eastern side of the Pacific. Surprisingly enough, the US declaration of war was a surprise to most Japanese; they really felt that the US would take the raid as a warning and simply withdraw from the western Pacific. But the Japanese protested very vehemently to the US about the embargo. Unfortunately, the US simply ignored the warnings and protests they received.
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I appreciate your objective point of view and history class, but I have to say that no matter what kind of reason that japan utilize to justify the attack in Pearl harbour , we shouldn't forget the fact that thousands of American sailors and pilots were killed in pearl harbour and the real motivation behind this attack. I agreed with one of reasons that Japan attack US was because US cut off their oil line. according to words from japan's side,it seems that USA forced japan to attack them by halting gas supplies of japanese tanks and aircrafts, but my question is why America felt upset with japan , why America put themself into such dangerous situation by irritating one of strongest military forces back then?
when Japanese executed their dreadful plan of being new lord in eastern asia, America stood up to denounce and condemn them without fear and concede. after Japan refused to take any suggestions, US had no choice to punish them by enforcing embargo. I feel it is really unfair that some people said the reason that America tried to set some obstacles in the front of japanese war machine was because America wanted to protect their own interest in China and eastern asia. at least this kind of concept of proctecting American own interest is fail to conclude the whole stroy.
most of American felt sorry and sympathy about chinese , korean who lived under japanese occupation. most of American also felt so angry about japanese brutality and war crime in eastern asia, that they asked American government to handle japan with the tough way. regardless any consequences, US tried to support and encourage chinese government and chinese people to keep fighting against japan by smuggling weapons to china and imposing sanction against Japan. some American who were the high rank official in government secretly visited china with huge amount of money donated by lots of ordinary American. flying tiger the name used by chinese to honor American pilots who voluntarily help chinese air forces to against japanese before the pacific war.
the main reason that ordinary American were willing to help people in eastern asia was because they believed that all chinese,Korean and Taiwanese had the legitimacy to have freedom and democracy. since japanese emperor firmly took grip of ignorance and denial about democracy and freedom, japan would never truely understand why America put such tremendous effort to against them. instead of reconsidering their policy of aggression and justified protest insisted by America , Japan started to point his gun toward his next victim named United State of America. so,tell me who should be responsible of the incident in pearl harbour, America or japan? please don't tell me this kind of b******t concept that America forced japan to attack because America was reluctant to take japanese protest about oil seriously. it had nothing to do with US that japan insisted to do something totally wrong, and as a country who has the strong belief about democracy and freedom, America just did what he was supposed to do.
US was upset and angry with japanese aggression in eastern asia, but American did try to hold restrain and didn't use their military force to attack japan or physically hurt japanese. as a country who has the value of honor and self- respect, America spent lots of time negotiating with japan ,and tried to use diplomacy to solve the problem with a beautiful wish that if japan wanted war with me, they would let me know first. since American government believed that they were still in the middle of diplomatic process, they put down the alarm of japanese potential military action.