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Quote by: Praxius  Japan attacked the US because they were allies with Nazi Germany, and if the Nazis directly started the war with them, then that would be like biting the hand that feeds you..... The Japanese were on their own terms on the other side of the world, they probably didn't know the whole details between the US and Germany, they got paranoid, and they attacked.... possibly saving us all when you think about it. If they didn't attack you guys, you guys probably would have never joined in WWII and those hiding in higher up positions would continue to supply the Nazi's with funding and the sort. But with the majority of the population now fueled by anger from the Attack, it was pretty difficult to not talk the country out of joining the allies..... therefore cutting off the Nazi's additional supplies and funding.... which would also explain why as soon as you guys started with us all on D-Day, they started to collapse.... they no longer had the US support..... which would explain a lot. |
This isn't really accurate, though it is probably a better understanding than average Americans have of the alliances during WWII. The US govt. pretended to not really care that much about the battle going on in Europe, because of 'all we lost in WWI.' Really though, we wanted to see which direction it was going to head, which is why we supported everyone. (Also, we didn't halt trade with Germany at any point during the war once we entered... interesting) Mostly, it ended up that Germany took over France, and was encroaching on Russia, which we were kind of afraid of, and we couldn't really just sit on the fence anymore. There is evidence that shows that FDR knew, or could have ascertained very easily, that Japan planned to attack us.
(..hmm... 9/11 conspiracies? It turns the question from 'how could the US military, intercepting all kinds of messages from everyone all the time NOT know about the Japanese sending a full-on fleet towards Hawaii, especially when there was kind of a WAR going on? to... and maybe it's too much of a stretch... but how could planes going off course not attract attention- automatically it is supposed to scramble some USAF, NORAD controls, etc., many things are supposed to happen, he doesn't care and tries to read a kids book, he doesn't institute emergency at first notice, he lets our only connection the people he blames go back home, where we will never see them again? is it conspiracy, or is it just the same old effing play-book?)
Sorry there, but many people believe that we knew Japan was going to attack, and we wanted them to because then we would have an immediate 'in' to the war. Nobody has alleged, at least from what I've read, that FDR knew in advance the extent of the Japanese attack. Mostly, the US was already worried about Russia's potential, and so we had to be against them and their allies. It wasn't known to the US if Russia had developed the atom bomb yet... and after much consideration and fear that they might use it first, we dropped two on Japan. Thus began the arms race and the Cold War.
Athena, I think you are very well advised. God, I really feel duped right now.. because I thought there was still something pure or ideal about my country.