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Question: Is it true that FDR was messing with the Japanese prior to Pearl Harbor!?
I heard he was making the Japanese angry dring WWII!. Didn't he stop trade!? Wasn't he like was funding the Chinese against the Japanese in WWII!? And some other things!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
There was an oil embargo among other things!. FDR opposed the Japanese invasion of China and was horrified by what is now known as the Rape of Nanking!.
Here is a concise explanation
http://www!.jewishvirtuallibrary!.org/jsou!.!.!.

EDIT: I disagree!. I believe when the atrocity is great enough, we have an obligation to try and stop it!. I believe we had a moral obligation to go MUCH further in stopping the Holocaust as well!. However, there should be solid evidence (unlike Iraq and LIKE Darfur)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com