So they got angry....Doesn’t mean it was wrong to do. I mean who cares if we got Hitler angry, the guy wanted a war, and he got it. Same with the Japs.
Japan was waging a brutal war in China that made many China loving Americans angry and FDR decided to impose an embargo on Japan in conjunction with Britain and the Dutch East Indies.
Japan needed vital war making materials from the US and the colonial territories of the the British and Dutch.
Japan’s options, give up the war in China or seize the colonial territories to continue to fight the war in China.
They chose the latter which meant going to war with the United States and they chose to attack Pearl Harbor to destroy our fleet and allow them free reign in the Far East.
Japan’s decision led to the United States getting into the war with Germany because of Japan’s alliance with the Nazis.
FDR wanted war with Germany and he got it through the backdoor. WWII happened and all the consequences that followed.
Sanctions pressurize nations they are imposed on to make concessions or make war.
Israel and its supporters like Senators Schumer, Menendez, McCain, Graham etc. are pushing tougher sanctions on Iran right now over Obama’s objections.
Just like FDR had his wishes, Israel would like to see the Iranian nuclear program stopped, so the call for sanctions.
So they got angry....Doesn’t mean it was wrong to do.
The Japanese cut us off also, was not a one way street. The last shipment of silk from Japan was confiscated by the US govt for parachutes and the ladies were a little upset for lack of hosiery.
Again, read the headline, that is not what was said but IS what is being discussed. A very emotionally charged headline.