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[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml [B] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Well, that and Japan was actively murdering massive amounts of people in China. It was a calculated strategy to stop supporting the Japanese genocide machine. The Rape of Nanjing made international news. That turned the average US voter against Japan, but the embargo (not a blockade) started after Japan invaded French Indochina (Vietnam) in 1940. The Embargo was just the US saying that no US owned oil would be sold to Japan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Well, that and Japan was actively murdering massive amounts of people in China. It was a calculated strategy to stop supporting the Japanese genocide machine. The Rape of Nanjing made international news. That turned the average US voter against Japan, but the embargo (not a blockade) started after Japan invaded French Indochina (Vietnam) in 1940. The Embargo was just the US saying that no US owned oil would be sold to Japan. permalink fedilink source parent