We withheld oil from Japan as a sanction for their aggressive behavior to China and Manchuria. They attacked us because they had to they didn't have the oil reserves to last. That's why one of the first places they hit after pearl harbor was the phillipines.
----- Original Message ----- From: "SMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > I thought this was with held because it was being sent to Europe/Britain to > fight WWII ? I also thought this was made known to Japan. I also though > Japan's motive for attacking the US was something other then oil. They > wanted to take over most of the south pacific and wanted to make sure that > we couldn't do anything about it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > > How can you not see how wrong that is? Especially when Iraq is not > holding back oil (in fact, they want nothing more > > than to open the pipelines to full cpacity). When the US held back oil > from Japan during the early years of WWII, Japan > > saw this as a reason to attack the US. This is not the same as the Iraq > situation. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Timothy Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:33 AM > > Subject: RE: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > > > > > One of the things I have always wondered. Why is fighting over oil such > a bad thing? I mean this country (and all the > > others too) run on oil. It is a national security issue. Period. > > > > > > I wish that someone in the federal government would come out and say > that. > > > Tim > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
