Japan did sneak attack the American Naval base Pearl Harbor, killing thousands
two days later Japan found the British battleship, Prince of Wales, and the battle cruiser, Repulse, and sent them to the bottom
Philippines, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies were then occupied by the Japanese in a matter of weeks
we had every right to embargo oil to Japan, who supported Germany and Italy in the Tripartite (Axis) Pact during WWII - to protest Japanese agression in Asia
but go ahead, paint Japan as a victim [he will anyway, not that anyone will believe you]
as for raping and pillaging, ask China about Japan, they set the bar |