>>15795388
>It was then. Japan attacked America because we were actively providing weapons and support to the Chinese.
>>15795390
>japan attacked america because we were a clear and present danger to their plans to obtain the resources they felt they needed for survival via the closest possible land grabs
you're both wrong. japan attacked pearl harbor AFTER pres FDR refused for an entire month to give an audience to the personal representative of the emperor. the emperor's representative was there to WARN of the attack on pearl as an ultimatum for the US and british to remove their naval blockade of japan. the naval blockade, in turn, was a ploy to force japan to attack, because japan had signed a treaty with nazi germany, and an attack by the japs would give FDR the excuse he needed to get the US public to support entering the war in europe, which was a HUGELY unpopular idea at the time. learn to connect the dots, young padawans.