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

To: lorne who wrote (3501)2/7/2003 5:50:37 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 15987
 
Like I said I know what preemptive strike means in my mind but it could well mean different things to others.

Lorne.. you can perceive it any way you like... The Japanese will obviously prefer to beleive we forced them to attack us..

All that matters to me is that we won and they lost.

Hawk



To: lorne who wrote (3501)2/7/2003 7:33:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 15987
 
So then Japans attack on Pearl Harbor could be considered a preemptive strike?

No, Japan's reasoning was "The US will attack us IF we attack the Dutch West Indies, so let's attack the US first" (this was a big miscalculation, but it was their reasoning). So in that sense it was preemptive, but preempting an attack that is going to be a response to your own aggression doesn't count.


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