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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Didn't Japan do the same thing with the US as they were bombing Pearl Harbor?

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Not exactly. Roosevelt scheduled talks with Japan, and then had the diplomats to Japan skip the meetings. He did this multiple times. IIRC that was either the 12th or 13th meeting that the US delegation didn't attend. At that point Japan decided that the US wasn't actually interested in peace talks and attacked.

    So in that case, as an American, I am inclined to believe that Japan was genuinely interested in the peace talks. We weren't, or more specifically our president wasn't interested in peace talks.

    Wilson also didn't help matters by setting the stage for WWII.

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