[Buddha-l] Re: Greetings from Oviedo

[curt]

Actually, the main thing that precipitated hostilities was the fact that 
Japan and the US were both engaged simultaneously in Imperialist 
expansionism into the same part of the world. Jack Reed actually put it 
much more eloquently and succinctly (or at least "he" did according to 
the portrayal of him in the movie "Reds") when asked to deliver a speech 
on the causes of WWI (which was still going on at the time). He stood up 
and said "Profits", and then sat back down. The same thing was true 
although the details differed slightly in WWII.
- Curt

Stephen Hodge wrote:

> Dear Dan
>
>> a long and brutal war initiated by the Japanese themselves
>
>
> So the embargos and trade restrictions imposed by the West on the 
> Japanese during the inter-war years played no part in precipitating 
> hostilities ?