This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Launching a war simply because you want to (maybe just for political reasons) I think all wars are fought for political reasons.
> and convincing others it is a good thing, is certainly different from > responding to an outright attack (Pearl Harbor). Or even rushing to the > defense of > one's allies. > > But I shouldn't have said that much. And I'll stop here. Toooo late :) Pearl Harbour was the result of failed US foreign policy. The United States and the United Kingdom reacted to Japanese military actions in China by imposing a scrap metal boycott followed by an oil boycott, a freeze of assets and the closing of the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. The only choice for Japan was to seek oil in South East Asia and with the the Americans firmly entrenched in Pearl Harbour they had to neutralize the American fleet or cave into their demands to get out of China. It was anything but an un-provoked or "outright" attack, it was a response to American policy. Kind regards Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
