Are you aware of *why* we might have tried to block Japan’s access to oil at that time?
Was it just imperial hubris? Or say, if you were president at that time: might you have done the same thing? Think before answering, and ask yourself: why has Obama continued many of the policies of the supposedly retarded and evil Bush? How could that possibly have happened, when objectively speaking, coming in to office, Obama was one of the smartest and most left-leaning politicians in some time? Ponder that for a moment.
You talk of ignorance, are you sure you’re up to speed on what was going on in that part of Asia in ’36-’41? And what happened ’41-’45? Educate me: is there a case where the U.S. has institutionally done a rape of Nanking, or a Korea comfort worker situation? Or a Bataan death march? What I think of is My Lai, which was much much smaller and we certainly examined ourselves over that and prosecuted folks. Abu Ghraib doesn’t even pass the laugh test as far as comparable mal activity.
