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[Lt.Fillipidis]

One thing i just remembered reading the post of Torplexed.
Japan's main oil supplier was USA. About 90% of Japan's oil imports were originated from USA. The embargo could easily cripple IJN. Quite provocative move in such a little time, in my opinion.
I wont ask what the hell was France doing in indochina. Probably the same what Britain was doing in africa and India or America in the pacific.

Edit: As far as i know, Roosevelt won his last elections but guaranteeing neuterality to the war, didnt he?

[AngusJS]

Originally Posted by Lt.Fillipidis

One thing i just remembered reading the post of Torplexed.
Japan's main oil supplier was USA. About 90% of Japan's oil imports were originated from USA. The embargo could easily cripple IJN. Quite provocative move in such a little time, in my opinion.

What else were they supposed to do? Let Japan gobble up the rest of East Asia?

I wont ask what the hell was France doing in indochina. Probably the same what Britain was doing in africa and India or America in the pacific.

That was pretty ironic, though it should be remembered that Axis control of those areas would be much worse.

Japan's main oil supplier was USA. About 90% of Japan's oil imports were originated from USA. The embargo could easily cripple IJN. Quite provocative move in such a little time, in my opinion.

Provocative?
What obligation did US companies or the government have to keep selling goods to Japan?
As for provocation I would have thought the main provocation was when Japan sank a US warship which was escorting US oil tankers that were being threatened by Japan. I would of thought that was sufficient provocation for the US to block all its trade with Japan.
But no, a country later blocking some of its trade with another country that is on the rampage across a continent is the real provocative move in some peoples book

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Provocative?
What obligation did US companies or the government have to keep selling goods to Japan?
As for provocation I would have thought the main provocation was when Japan sank a US warship which was escorting US oil tankers that were being threatened by Japan. I would of thought that was sufficient provocation for the US to block all its trade with Japan.
But no, a country later blocking some of its trade with another country that is on the rampage across a continent is the real provocative move in some peoples book

As I understand it, the embargo was to curtail the agressive Japanese in other Asia countries. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I would suspect all trade would stop after ships are sunk.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Lt.Fillipidis

One thing i just remembered reading the post of Torplexed.
Japan's main oil supplier was USA. About 90% of Japan's oil imports were originated from USA. The embargo could easily cripple IJN. Quite provocative move in such a little time, in my opinion.

The image of a Japan backed into a corner by American boycotts and sanctions and finally lashing out in desperation has been a staple of anti-Roosevelt politics and revisionist history for a quarter century after 1945. Did the US use a powerful economic lever on Japan by resorting to embargo? Yes, because diplomatic protests through normal channels to a country essentially being run by a military clique who no longer answered to any civilian authority wasn't working anymore.