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The general theory is indeed what Griff said - FDR wanted to back Britain and therefore "forced" Japan to strike.
There's no doubt that they were provoked; now, I don't have any trouble believing that the provocations were even <i>intended</i> to get Japan into war. Whether or not Japan was actually <b>forced</b> into striking the US is debatable (and always will be), simply because they probably <b>could have</b> escaped a war with the US. Water over the dam though.
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