Of course not ... He reviewed the intel from the British attack on the Italian navy at Taranto, and concluded that the worst the Japanese could do was damage a battleship or two. Small price to pay, right? (/s)
It’s quite easy to say something very cynical like that, but when it comes down to it, in today’s world of lies, dang lies, and the internet, who can know anything anymore?
Perhaps FDR was a shapeshifting lizard, too. One thing for sure, he definitely was a socialist... :P
The problem was not Japan, Germany or Italy alone, it was all three combined.
Imagine a German-controlled Europe, an Italian-dominated Mediterranean and African continent, and a Japanese-dominated Pacific.
Eventually if we didn’t act against at least one of the Axis powers, they would eventually worm their way into Latin America to become a direct threat.