Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin, Japan considered two American actions as justifiable grounds for war in 1941: 1). A US imposed oil embargo 2). The US refusal to sell Japan scrap metal Both US actions resulted from a desire (in the US) for Japan to pull out of the Sino Japanese war. The Japanese declaration of war on the United States was critically timed to be delivered just prior to 8:00 am Hawaiian Time. A legal nicety that did not occur due to unforeseen delays in decoding by intelligence staff at Japan's Washington embassy. This intention is a classic example of a legal pretext to a amoral act. Regards, Greg Austin Franklin wrote: > > > We call it Sneak Attack on Pearl Harbor because it was a "sneak > > attack"... get it? sneak attack! There was no declaration of war by the > > Japanese before they attacked Pearl Harbor. We only declared war on > > them afterwards. > > The other part of that is, you don't just go declaring war on someone unless > they do something to YOU! What DID the US do to Japan to provoke the attack > on Pearl Harbor?