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**devonin** · 04-7-2007, 09:36 PM

Erm...I'm pretty positive that the Germans didn't -hire- the Japanese to attack the United States.

The US, UK and the Netherlands had created an oil embargo against Japan as a response to the Japanese invasion of China. Japan responded by attacking not just Pearl Harbour, but into Thailand and the Dutch East indies with an eye towards siezing control of oil fields there. Pearl Harbour was as much done to slow down the ability of the US to respond to their attacks against the dutch and china as it was anything to do with the European theatre of war at all.

The only reason Japan and the United States weren't already at war at this time, was that Japan and China were careful never to actually declare war on one another, lest the UN and by extension, the US, UK, and France declare war as well.

By any reasonable standard, Pearl Harbour was a government controlled deliberate military strike on military assets as a first strike prelude to war, and not a "terrorist" activity.

04-7-2007, 09:36 PM	#13
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Re: Could pearl harbor be considered a terrorist attack? Erm...I'm pretty positive that the Germans didn't -hire- the Japanese to attack the United States. The US, UK and the Netherlands had created an oil embargo against Japan as a response to the Japanese invasion of China. Japan responded by attacking not just Pearl Harbour, but into Thailand and the Dutch East indies with an eye towards siezing control of oil fields there. Pearl Harbour was as much done to slow down the ability of the US to respond to their attacks against the dutch and china as it was anything to do with the European theatre of war at all. The only reason Japan and the United States weren't already at war at this time, was that Japan and China were careful never to actually declare war on one another, lest the UN and by extension, the US, UK, and France declare war as well. By any reasonable standard, Pearl Harbour was a government controlled deliberate military strike on military assets as a first strike prelude to war, and not a "terrorist" activity.