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Originally Posted by Confed999
We could have walked away from China, the Philippines, etc., just like we could have walked away from Europe. No attack on Pearl would have been needed.
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Walking away is a bad habit. Pretty soon there's nothing left to walk away from.
I only have history books to go on, but didn't the Japanese high command believe it had no choice but to disable the US Pacific fleet after the US, Holland and GB cut off oil, rubber, etc. exports to Japan, which of course meant attacking Pearl?