"Peter H. Granzeau" wrote in message
news:UITnb.47706$N94.41594@lakeread02...
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 18:05:59 -0000, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:

So you have dont know that the Lend Lease bill preceded Pearl Harbor
I take it

I suppose the fact that the USN was escorting convoys in the
North Atlantic BEFORE Pearl Harbor is news to you too.

And I imagine you missed the fact that Japan decided to attack
because the US had placed an emargo on sales of oil and
other materials on them because of their aggression in China.

Fact is the USA was providing us in Britain with assistance that went
wway beyond the bounds of neutrality long before the Germans
declared war on them.

All of which are reasons for Germany and Japan to believe that the USA
was hostile. THat wouldn't be the first time that the USA acted at
complete cross purposes to itself, nor the last.

I can certainly understand that Japan and Germany could and did
believe the US was hostile. What I dont see is how that put the
USA at cross purposes with itself.

Do you see an advantage to the US in allowing Japan to
dominate the Pacific and/or Nazi Germany to dominate
Europe ?

Keith