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To: lorne who wrote (3491)2/6/2003 8:14:32 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 15987
 
Maybe Japan at Pearl Harbor could be considered a preemptive strike At the USA navy.

That's kind of stretching credulity a bit, don't you think??

Now if the Pacific Fleet were being harbored in Manila, that might be a more defensible position. But it was in Hawaii, more than 4,000 miles from Japan.

And there was nothing that stated the US was required to continue selling Japan oil and scrap metal. They chose to go to war, rather than moderate their imperial aspirations.

Hawk



To: lorne who wrote (3491)2/6/2003 8:41:47 PM
From: Machaon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
<< Maybe Japan at Pearl Harbor could be considered a preemptive strike At the USA navy. >>

Even so, Japan was not at peace at the time, and was the aggressor in a war against Japan's neighbors.


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