Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Arjay.

>>Japan also in this era was one of the world's leading manufacturers and they had a banking system free from the Private Western Central Banksters debt based banking system.<<

This particular banking system a) was also "debt-based", and b) has also kept Japan in recession for the past twenty years.

What was your point again?

>>WW2 was not Hitler's vision, it was the result of his vision being hijacked by the fanatic Nazis.>>

LOL

Individual, with your talent for reality disconnect you could have a lucrative career in journalism.

Hasbeen wrote:

>>If they [the Japanese] had waited until mid 2012 Obama would have completed the job of defeating the US for them.>>

Before discussing the sins of the Obama administration you may want to study this graphic.

See: The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt Ceiling

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/07/the-chart-that-should-accompany-all-discussions-of-the-debt-ceiling/242484/

A president who goes to war AND cuts taxes has a reality disconnect that equals that demonstrated by “Individual” with his Hitler vision remarks.

BTW you do know that China itself has a debt problem that rivals that of the US? However they may be able to grow their way out of it.

Bazz wrote

>>Julia would have said it is just another scare tactic by Tony.>>

Agreed.

Here’s my problem.

The amount of silliness in the world is infinite but I was limited to 350 words. :-)

So "we" Australians warned the US that war was coming and they ignored us"
Very insightful of us arjay for us to know the war was coming and the US didn't. Did we actually predict that is was coming on Sunday morning Dec.7 1941? And again...you obviously read this in Green Left Weekly?

Arjay;
The trade embargoes were placed on Japan pre war because they
had invaded China and were committing atrocities.

Also remember the Co Prosperity scheme which would have included Australia.

Actually kman;
the US had a pretty good idea the Japanese were up to
something but did not know what.
Despite "common" knowledge Pearl Harbour was attacked second after an
attack in Malaya.

Lexi;
The existence of clauses have never had much influence on acts of war.
Anyway in the hypothetical there was no 39-45 war.

Dear Bazz,

Of course. However, it depends how the ruling
elites view those clauses today, what's in
the country's interests, and what the nation
also will or will not support. Japan has much
to gain from a US alliance - and vice-versa.

"Actually kman;
the US had a pretty good idea the Japanese were up to
something but did not know what."

Yes I know Bazz I was just busting arjays chops.