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Fundamentally, Rand is correct - FDR cut off 80% of Japan’s oil imports and impacted their supply of natural resources through sanctions.

I think this is mis-information and veiled attempt be establishment Republican supporters to hurt Rand’s front-runner status - nothing more, nothing less. Freepers should start reading between the lines as RINOS have learned a lot from Democrat propaganda.

[cuban leaf]

Yep. Remember that viral video about instant karma and road rage? Well, the US was the woman and Japan was the man.

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RE: Fundamentally, Rand is correct - FDR cut off 80% of Japan’s oil imports and impacted their supply of natural resources through sanctions.

Is Rand Paul suggesting with should not impose sanctions on Russia today because they might bomb the USA like Japan?

[SoCal Pubbie]

I was going to post that the “America forced the poor, helpless Japanese Empire to lash out after being cruelly cut off from desperately needed resources by that dastardly FDR” contingent was alive and well on Free Republic, but you did it for me first. Of course, that same faction never mentions that the Japanese had already invaded China, attacked an American warship on the Yangtze River, annexed Korea, raped Nanking, allied itself with Nazi Germany, and generally stomped around Southeast Asia like a bully stealing lunch money in the schoolyard, but hey, who are we to judge, right?

[Rockingham]

Correct or not, Rand Paul is ill-advised to enter into historical controversies. He risks sounding like an oddball and a crank. That is why US Senators tend to falter as candidates for President: they like to run their mouths about damn near anything and everything. In contrast, Governors (and Presidents) discipline themselves and avoid controversies that do not directly advance their goals.