I am glad left is meming itself into a 'pro civil war' mindset with retarded new tag. Whatever I may say about Lincoln, he was brilliant strategist. Few realize this. And one of his most brilliant moves: convincing opposition punch first, punch insignificant if symbolic target.
"Destroy Pacific Fleet and incapacitate Pearl Harbor" is a great strategy, they just failed to pull off either one. Like "get the ball in the goal" is a good strategy in soccer even if you miss
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Sure - but they lacked the resources to do either. And even then 'bring America into a Pacific War' probably outweighs even a total victory at PH, though I grant you between the Oil Embargo and Manilla's location perhaps options were limited.
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Ya given the oil embargo I'm not sure what would be a *better* strat than "try to knock out USA while we have a chance"
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That said it's a reeeeal pity they didn't know about all that oil in Manchuria until after the war
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Imagine if they called a treaty w China right after nabbing Indochina from France
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Imagine if Anglo-Japanese treaty had not been FOOLISHLY DISCARDED
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