Japan and Germany did not attack the Allies because of the Allies' trade policies.
They attacked because they saw the chance to seize land and assets, and they used trade policies or anything else as an excuse to justify their actions.
Rand Paul apparently knows nothing about history or the realities of human nature.
As a result he blindly and unthinkingly swallows the propaganda of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Childish.
Yes. Paul is a bit confused. The oil embargo did not cause the Japanese to attack America. The embargo just moved the timetable up a bit.
Embargo or not, the Japanese wanted the US out of the Philippines and the British out of Singapore.
Both Germany and Japan were busy attacking and killing others during the time so it is not like they did nothing as we put on sanctions.
In reality, Japan was killing folks in the Philippines and in China and the Germany killing those in Europe long before we got involved.