Thread by @EmpireinWinter

'she might have explored the Japanese version of events, where she would have discovered that Pearl Harbor was the logical conclusion to US efforts to strangle Japan’s oil supply, actions that left Japan with no alternative but to attack.'
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'As a diary entry from the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, noted, Japan went to war with the United States because of oil. The real lesson to be learned from Pearl Harbor was...not to engage in policies which compelled the target...to lash out in desperate self-defense.'

'The next Pearl Harbor is as inevitable as it is avoidable. Both outcomes rely on the collective discernment of the American people when it comes to the world it lives in, and how our collective behavior impacts this world, for better or for worse.'

' The choice is ours to make. Unfortunately, if history is our judge, fear will trump intellect yet again. This is the true legacy of Pearl Harbor. '