The US did not start that war Rick.
I didn't say we did.
Japan's assets had been frozen and sanctions by the western powers were strangling their economy. It was basically an economic blockade enforced by the U.S. They were in a desperate position. I'm not saying they weren't cruel people but their only options seemed to be extreme national poverty or to do what they did in hopes of wearing the U.S. down in a very bloody war. As it turned out they were able to get a conditional surrender.
