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Re: Re: Re: Dear God

Originally posted by argle
Originally posted by Stromprophet


The US had no military because they were in the midst of a vase depression

Actually, the US cut its army after World War I because it had no need for a large standing army. Just as it had after the Civil War, the Spanish-American war, etc.This is a feature of US military policy up until 1945 (and it was resisted then), largly due to American isolationism, and the sense of security afforded by two oceans and a large navy.



Japan had no choice in real life. Ah, revisionist history! Yeah, they did. If they'd proceeded against Dutch/English possessions in Asia, FDR could not have been gauranteed a DOW through congress so strong was the isolationist/anti-war sentiment in theis country. Or they could have stopped being dicks. Economic sanctions do not FORCE people to attack. All the US did was cut them off from AMERICAN oil and metals (stuff we dug out of the ground here in the US).

The needed the resources, because the US had cut them off completely they needed resources from elsewhere. The Pacific Fleet blockaded Tokoyo WHEN? The Japanese were free to buy from elsewhere (not that there was much else than the US at the time, but still, this whole "they had to go to war because we stopped selling them war materiels" thing is so History Channel/Pop History...it makes my teeth bleed.
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I wasn't arguing the point that Japan had to enter the war. Or that their arm was forced. I was merely commenting on the game mechanics by the fact that Japan always gets mopped up by the US and have no chance. Someone was asking why the computer always goes to war with the US. I was just saying probably the same reason they did in real life, after the US cut off selling to them they only had a limited supply of what they could produce, which as everyone knows Japan couldn't make due without importing.
 
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