Quote Originally Posted by digicross
If Japan really has a grudge on the U.S.A., the good tactical decision would be to gather enough resources and allies, then make the U.S.A. surrender without any fight at all.

IF Japan didn't attack the U.S.A. , what reason do the U.S.A. got to participate in the Pacific War? Let alone participate in the European war, since the U.S.A. got involved in the European war because German and Italy vow to protect their Japanese ally.

It as if the reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbour was to create a REASON for the U.S.A. to go into war, in both Europe and the Pacific.
This is where all the conspiracy buffs are correct. There have been reports that the United States government under Roosevelt knew about a possible attack on the islands. That the United States government made sure all the circumstances were right so that the attack would be carried out fully. Remember, before this, the United States had supposedly an isolationist view towards the war. It seems reasonably clear that they were secretly setting themselves up for this one.

Quote Originally Posted by Golgo_13
It is so moronic to equate 9/11 to Pearl harbor. I have a friend who has a kindergarten-age half white-half Japanese daughter. One day she went to kindergarten and some dumb kid started shouting it was the Japanese who blew up the WTC and pointed at her.
True. I think both events are different and should not be synonymized.