Axis of evil

Originally posted by jaguar
a: The US provoked Japan into war deliberately.

Ah, yes. I forgot about that letter FDR wrote to Hirohito. The text is below:
<b>
Dear Slitty-Eyed:

Bet your sorry ass won't attack us! Nanny nanny boo boo! Hahahahaha! We are INVINCIBLE! You can go hiri kiri yourself!

Love,
Frank</b>

In other words: in any war, there will be a first strike, and no matter what has been done before that, that strike is going over the edge. They are crossing the line by that strike. Japan, very simply, crossed the line. If I call you names and make rude comments about your mother and, in turn, you hit me, you should expect that I will come back to pound the living shit out of you. "For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction" - except the first strike. That's always disproportionately large.


Anyway, I'd like you to back up your assertion that "the US provoked Japan into war deliberately".