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Not invade.... attack.

Posted on: December 7, 2018 at 10:43:10 CT
Spanky KU
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The US didn't invade Japan... we bombed it by air.

The US did not seek to conquer Japan.. just tried to get them to cease hostilities in Asia and the Pacific... and then Japan made the error of attacking the US and killing Americans.

Edited by Spanky at 10:44:27 on 12/07/18
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How FDR's economic warfare provoked Japan's attack on PH - pickle MU - 12/7 09:53:49
     The Old 9-11(nm) - JG MU - 12/7 13:30:06
     RE: How FDR's economic warfare provoked Japan's attack on PH - None**** MU - 12/7 10:48:45
          Pickle is vainly trying to criticize the US and has - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:21:07
               The article is about FDR - pickle MU - 12/7 11:27:16
     Know what reasons that article gives for Japan - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 10:05:25
          Obviously you didn't read it - pickle MU - 12/7 10:14:13
               "Japanese diplomatic overtures" which demanded: - tigerinhogtown STL - 12/7 15:33:40
               Lets see, first we restricted sales of - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:06:22
                    You didn't read it - pickle MU - 12/7 11:12:52
                         Actually read it twice. And you gave - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:13:37
                              Well then what am I left to conclude? - pickle MU - 12/7 11:23:41
                    lol GAT (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/7 11:12:38
                         A superb rebuttal, fully showing your total intellect. - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:15:14
                              it wasn't a rebuttal (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/7 11:16:27
                                   Then I missed your point.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:18:20
                                        just letting you know I got a chuckle from your post (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 12/7 11:26:26
               Should FDR encouraged Japan's violation of the NAP - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:21:02
               And why oh why, Pickle, did the USA sanction Japan? - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:19:03
                    Economic sanctions /=/ aggressive military action (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:23:03
                         there was both. Reread my post - pickle MU - 12/7 10:27:39
                    sounds like you're in agreement then - pickle MU - 12/7 10:22:09
                         Ok, Japan was "provoked". So the hell what? You - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:09:55
                              I didn't define or redefine anything, GAT (nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 11:14:21
                                   But to use that word as an obvious criticism of - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:17:15
                                        So you're wrong again - pickle MU - 12/7 11:25:55
                         RE: sounds like you're in agreement then - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:26:13
     It’s always puzzling to me - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 09:59:28
          If that post had been written by an intelligent person, I - hokie VT - 12/7 10:30:18
               Why don't you try to engage for a change? - pickle MU - 12/7 10:42:50
          Wow. A hard level of stupidity to beat. PH is - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 10:08:18
               Japan didn't start it, GAT. It's right there in the article(nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 10:17:43
          I spent a lot of time in Japan on business for 10 yrs - mu7176grad MU - 12/7 10:07:04
               And that useless article didn't bother to mention that - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 10:10:35
                    Because the article is about the US and FDR, GAT - pickle MU - 12/7 10:19:06
                         Wow. Just wow. Somebody else can handle that. - GA Tiger MU - 12/7 11:07:50
                              You are so lost (nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 11:40:57
          Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military targets, dumb@ss - Spanky KU - 12/7 10:06:33
               Under that standard, the Japanese could have attacked - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:09:13
                    Civilian targets are most definitely military targets as - DHighlander KC - 12/7 11:12:06
                         Wow - pickle MU - 12/7 12:44:49
                         Yeah, really silly stuff. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/7 12:27:50
                    Pearl Harbor was a purely military target. It wasn't THAT - Spanky KU - 12/7 10:30:10
                         They knew better than to invade the us - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 10:39:24
                              Not invade.... attack. - Spanky KU - 12/7 10:43:10
                                   Wrong we invaded Okinawa - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 10:44:24
                                        Okinawa was not a Japanese island - Spanky KU - 12/7 10:49:33
                    Well no but babble on(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:17:39
                         Why not? - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:21:34
                              Do better Ringo - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:25:03
                                   Well, maybe not Macon. But probably Detroit or - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:54:57
                                        Because they didn't have a nuke. They DID - Spanky KU - 12/7 11:03:54
                                             Those are totally irrelevant factoids to the discussion - ummmm MU - 12/7 11:05:31
                                                  That Japan didn't have a nuke or the capability to - Spanky KU - 12/7 11:10:49
                                                       It is to the justification part of this thread. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/7 12:28:06
                    Exactly - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 10:12:18
          Or craft fantasies of Obama and Clinton conspiracies - pickle MU - 12/7 10:02:33
               FDR was a fascist and progressive? Whoa(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:05:20
                    he did have concentration camps(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 10:11:07
                         He did? I know they interned a few Japanese - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:16:57
                              I guess you did learn something - El-ahrairah BAMA - 12/7 10:29:14
          Well if you don't see the difference, there isn't much hope - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:01:45
               I see a fairly large difference - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:05:21
                    Yeah, that's not the difference that matters - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:06:04
                         What's the difference that matters? (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:07:43
                              RE: What's the difference that matters? (nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 10:15:28
                                   RE: What's the difference that matters? (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:21:06
          It's possible for both to be terrible, you know that right - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:00:56
               Yes, very possible. - ummmm MU - 12/7 10:04:56
     1931: Japan invades Manchuria - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 09:57:09
          They also committed war crimes via unit 731. - RHAYWORTH MU - 12/7 10:11:09
               That's not why they were "nuked" (nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 10:29:02
               Japan was nuked to see how many civilians our - Newcatbirdseat MU - 12/7 10:23:52
          Straw man (nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 10:01:08
               So if I removed "Japan was innocent" - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:02:13
                    It would still be a straw man - pickle MU - 12/7 10:04:48
                         That article you posted is full of conjecture - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:06:02
                              I don't believe you read the article (nm) - pickle MU - 12/7 10:08:39
                                   Absolutely I did - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:09:51
                              Also, we had not completely cracked Japan's codes in - MrBlueSky MU - 12/7 10:08:35
          Hear, hear----but facts are lost on Pickle - mu7176grad MU - 12/7 09:59:25
               None of that is relevant or has any bearing on the article - pickle MU - 12/7 10:03:05
          FDR made them do it(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/7 09:58:36




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