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Re: Egypt Revolts! Looks like we have more Military Rule, not Democracy |
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Posted by 3-9 on Wed Jun 20 12:16:07 2012, in response to Re: Egypt Revolts! Looks like we have more Military Rule, not Democracy, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Jun 20 11:36:54 2012. It does cost a lot, but Japan wasn't starting from scratch when WWII started. By 1941, they already had an army, navy, and air power, and they all proved themselves against China and Russia. With Britain, France, and the Netherlands tied up with Germany, it came down to stopping, or at least delaying, a United States response. By smashing the US Pacific fleet and its base at Pearl Harbor, Japan could grab the territory they needed to create their empire, and with the raw materials they now had access to, create a war machine that would force the US to give up trying to retake the territory. It was a calculated risk, and Japan miscalculated, among other things, but I wouldn't call it irrational. |
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