Kirito619
Kirito619 t1_iy1dryz wrote
Reply to comment by Raspberries2 in On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent
That's not true. Japan wanted to expand control in Asia. They needed oil. USA embargoed Japan so they don't get oiĺ anymore. Japan attacked USA because of oil.
If USA backed off and let them have oil, Japan would never attack them. They would focus on Asia.
Kirito619 t1_iy1ejus wrote
Reply to comment by Raspberries2 in On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent
An empire in Asia, they were not strong enough to wage war across the world.