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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (215941)	2/2/2007 11:38:58 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In 1940, wasn't Holland Nazi occupied too like France? Yes. I suppose there was no Dutch Vichy govt to give Japan the Dutch East Indies. So they "had" to invade yet another country. And the British boycott meant they "had" to invade all British territory like Malaya. Ditto American boycott meant they "had" to invade all American territory they could reach - Philippines. Japan was an expansionist colonial power - that is the real reason for their war-mongering. As opposed to their being forced into war by boycotts. ----------------------------------- "It is in selling countries interest that the int'l market remains free." No, it is in the selling countries interest that the int'l market remains controlled in order to get the maximum profit out of their resource. That's why the world has OPEC. I understand your point. But the intl market today is supply constrained. And that keeps prices high. I was getting that it isn't in the selling countries interest for importing countries to use extra-market means to get oil - like neo-colonialism.