Quote Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
Quote Originally Posted by TATY
China is just gonna cripple your economy with their cheap labour.
That's what they said about Japan Then the Japanese figured that they could demand higher wages. China is to follow.
Well, it's not that simple with Japan. US demanded Japan to abandon Philippines that was kinda Japan's colony and main source of iron ore. Japan just could not give in to US demands.

War was inevitable. Both sides new it. US was clearly way stronger economically than Japan. And Japan's the only chance was exactly what they did. It didn't help them, but I cannot blame them for trying.