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Originally posted by volante
You forgot to mention that enforcing an oil embargo was, at the time, considered an act of war by most nations on the planet. Including the USA.
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Correct, and along those lines...
They were obviously upset with the US Oil embargo... and looked at Southeast asia for their supply.... because of US Interests in that area, they knew the US would not allow that, and felt that removing the Pacific fleet from the equation, would allow their expansion into that area....