Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Terror
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 23:50:34 -0400

> Austin,
>
> Japan considered two American actions as justifiable grounds for war in
> 1941:
>
>  1). A US imposed oil embargo
>  2). The US refusal to sell Japan scrap metal
>
> Both US actions resulted from a desire (in the US) for Japan to pull out
> of the Sino Japanese war.
>
> The Japanese declaration of war on the United States was critically
> timed to be delivered just prior to 8:00 am Hawaiian Time. A legal
> nicety that did not occur due to unforeseen delays in decoding by
> intelligence staff at Japan's Washington embassy.
>
> This intention is a classic example of a legal pretext to a amoral act.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg

If I don't want to sell you something, for what ever reason, that's my
business.  Because I didn't do what YOU wanted is no grounds for war!  That
is how spoiled little brats behave.

Thanks for the details.