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Skriven 2009-10-02 15:29:02 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
    Kommentar till text 210 av Mark Lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: WWII (was SocialSecurity
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Hello Mark,

>RC>Without a severely distracted Great Britain, I doubt Japan
>RC>would have done what it did..

>LL>From the perspective of the Japanese high command, the attack on
>LL>Pearl Harbor made lots of sense, their thinking that the US would
>LL>have seen the attack for what it was - a mere warning to stay out
>LL>of the Pacific. At the time, the US was not a major world power,
>LL>and its population held strong isolationist views.  The risk of the
>LL>US going to war against Japan over such a small incident was seen
>LL>as highly unlikely, which obviously was a grave miscalculation by
>LL>the Japanese high command.

ML>that is/was all the more reason to respond in (greater)
ML>kind to the "pinprick"... a real "pinprick" would have been
ML>to drop a few bombs and take out a few installations and/or
ML>ships... not the several hours long "free for all" that
ML>their planes imposed on our people on a nice *sunday
ML>morning*...

The timing of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was perfect.  And
it was a limited strike.  On a military installation.  Had the Japanese
wanted a war, a full invasion of the Hawaiian Islands would have begun.
Did that happen?  No.  The Japanese conducted their bombing run, and
then they left.

Had the US chosen to do nothing in response, the Japanese high
command would have known the US had gotten the message and would
have left us alone.

End of WWII.  At least in the Pacific theater.  :)

--Lee


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