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Originally Posted by BigElCat
The USA systematically provoked Japan into committing an overt act of war against the USA in order to sway public opinion about entering WW2.
It's a fact. Endorsed by FDR, Henry Stimson the then Secretary of War, and written by a Naval Intelligence officer named Arthur McCollum.
Where and when wars start are always matters of opinion, surrounded by propaganda.
Believe what you want. Your brother's GF wasn't necessarily wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCollum_memo
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The girl in question knew nothing about Pearl Harbor.
Also the US sanctions were due to Japans invasions into China, Korea, Manchuria, ........