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OH and a reason that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor is one, that in hidnsight, is stupid and unecessary.
Japan felt the embargo the U.S. was doing for their war in China was hurting the economy. They saw war as inevitable. They thought the attack on Pearl Harbor would push us *out* of the war. They were obviously wrong.
They could hve easily gone out diplomatically, thereby keeping the U.S. neutral in its affairs. Instead of confronting the U.S. forces, it could have gone around and continued its conquests until it was ready for war.
The U.S. would never have gone into the war without the attack on Pearl Harbor honestly. Think of 9/11 and how many people wanted war just 2 years ago. And think of just a month before 9/11 and how NO ONE even cared about terrorism or who Bin Laden was.
The same held true to Pearl Harbor. A large portion of the country and the government simply didn't care.
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