Quote:It was not immoral. But it was much worse than wrong. It was a colossal blunder.
Yes. Japan lost the war when the first plane cleared the deck of the first carrier because they had no chance to win. But in a very fine history called "The Rising Sun" by the late John Toland he explains that a big part of the motivation of the Japanese military was that if they did not strike quickly, before the effects of the oil embargo kicked in, they would not be able to fight at all - EVEN THOUGH MOST KNEW THEY WOULD LOSE.
A fascinating book in many respects. The Japanese mindset is completely different to our own.
