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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (3494)	2/6/2003 8:56:59 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

I can't think of another reason why Japan would strike first? There are two forms of aggression.. Direct and Indirect. But both are still aggression. Japan merely hoped that by using a more indirect and longer term form of aggression it could achieve it's goals at less of a military and economic cost. When it was evident that the US was going to oppose it, militarily if necessary, they chose direct aggression in a vain attempt to shock the US to the extent that we sued for peace. Big mistake... And one that Kim Jong Il seems bent upon repeating... Hawk