[Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two

[Lüko Willms]

G K Milner (gkmilner at eftel.net.au) wrote on 2009-07-03 at 05:19:42 in  about 
Re: [Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two:
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>  I agree with you about the conflict between Japan and the 
> USA over oil supplies being a primary motive for the Japanese attack on 
> Pearl Harbour. 

  The oil embargo or blockade was certainly a fact which hastened the 
Japanese decision to move the hostilites between US and Japanese 
imperialisms to a military stage, but it was only giving the occasion for the 
attack. 

   The underlying motive is the inextricable conflict over who would conquer 
the Pacific and especially China: USA or Japan. 

>  But I'm pretty sure that the Japanese ruling circle had, 
> before the attack on Pearl, at least contemplated an assault on the USSR, 

  They would have been fools if they hadn't pondered all possibilities of 
expanding their sphere of imperialist influence. But they decided to go south 
instead. 


Cheers, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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