[zerosix]

According to either Paul, cutting off trade with Japan "forced them into killing scores in Pearl Harbor then millions of Americans more fighting to protect our homeland" is tantamount to saying refusing to honor Allah "forces Islamic terrorists to fly planes into American buildings, behead Christians in their countries and to place pressure cookers along the finish line at the Boston Marathon!"

No Paul's for me thank you!

[Axenolith]

If you’ve read Japanese thoughts on the situation, that was exactly their thinking, that they would have an approximately 12-18 month window where they could project and consolidate power and resources, or be forced to take a back seat to the demands of the west.

What the Pauls are saying is that we essentially knew that, and also knew that in forcing them to play their hand early the administration would get what they really desired which was a declaration out of Germany bringing us into the European theater before the Germans could consolidate a continental hegemony.