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Originally Posted by Mark B
Exactly.
Unless one knows the history of the horrific genocidal expansion of the Japanese empire in the 20th century you cannot understand the United States sanctions against Japan that Japan used as justification for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Riought, the white man was in Asia for humanitarian reasons. Pass me that Kool Aid.
The USA was backing up England and France in their former Colonial ambitions. Then, we sought to expand our influence in order to contain Communism. And to make the US dollar a dominant world currency in order to expand our influence globally.