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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (161020)	4/25/2005 8:13:37 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 281500

In fact, the US caused the Japanese component of WWII by blockading Japan. Not true. 1 - The Japanese started the war in the Asia/Pacific region by invading China. 2 - Even if you don't count that massive invasion for some reason, the fact is that we placed an embargo on Japan, not a blockade. The difference between the two is not some subtle semantic point. An embargo is when you refuse to trade with someone, or refuse to sell them a particular product, or group of products. A blockade is when you place a barrier around another country to not let trade and supplies in. An embargo is not an act of war. A blockade is. Japan had been happily building an East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere before the rude intrusion by the gaijin. Maybe happily for Japan. The invaded countries were not so happy about it. that Japan started WWII by, out of the blue, for no reason whatsoever, taking it into their silly heads to sail across the Pacific Ocean to attack the USA fleet at Pearl Harbour. The fact that it was not "for no reason whatsoever", doesn't mean that they didn't start it. If you call someone a bastard and he punches you. He may have had a reason, but he also started the fight. Tim

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