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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 3813252" data-attributes="member: 25419"><p>I know it's a really unpopular view, but if you look at Japan pre-1930 and see what they were doing (trying to emulate the United States) - it's easier to understand why they felt justified in invading China, and claiming so much territory for their own.</p><p></p><p>United States hegemony in the Philippines and the general area had been a shining example for what could be achieved by a superior force. Turns out the United States doesn't like competition, and things escalated from there. </p><p></p><p>I state none of this to justify Nanking or the treatment of prisoners by the Japs. I do state it to remind folks that Pearl Harbor wasn't just dreamed up overnight, it wasn't a surprise to FDR, and the Japanese aren't the only nation that decided to violently take control of the Pacific.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 3813252, member: 25419"] I know it's a really unpopular view, but if you look at Japan pre-1930 and see what they were doing (trying to emulate the United States) - it's easier to understand why they felt justified in invading China, and claiming so much territory for their own. United States hegemony in the Philippines and the general area had been a shining example for what could be achieved by a superior force. Turns out the United States doesn't like competition, and things escalated from there. I state none of this to justify Nanking or the treatment of prisoners by the Japs. I do state it to remind folks that Pearl Harbor wasn't just dreamed up overnight, it wasn't a surprise to FDR, and the Japanese aren't the only nation that decided to violently take control of the Pacific. [/QUOTE]
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