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“On July 2, 1940, Roosevelt signed the Export Control Act, authorizing the President to license or prohibit the export of essential defense materials.” Under this authority, “on July 31, exports of aviation motor fuels and lubricants and No. 1 heavy melting iron and steel scrap were restricted.” Next, in a move aimed at Japan, Roosevelt slapped an embargo, effective October 16, “on all exports of scrap iron and steel to destinations other than Britain and the nations of the Western Hemisphere.” Finally, on July 26, 1941, Roosevelt “froze Japanese assets in the United States, thus bringing commercial relations between the nations to an effective end. One week later Roosevelt embargoed the export of such grades of oil as still were in commercial flow to Japan.”The British and the Dutch followed suit, embargoing exports to Japan from their colonies in southeast Asia."

https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=1930

“On July 2, 1940, Roosevelt signed the Export Control Act, authorizing the President to license or prohibit the export of essential defense materials.” Under this authority, “on July 31, exports of aviation motor fuels and lubricants and No. 1 heavy melting iron and steel scrap were restricted.” Next, in a move aimed at Japan, Roosevelt slapped an embargo, effective October 16, “on all exports of scrap iron and steel to destinations other than Britain and the nations of the Western Hemisphere.” Finally, on July 26, 1941, Roosevelt “froze Japanese assets in the United States, thus bringing commercial relations between the nations to an effective end. One week later Roosevelt embargoed the export of such grades of oil as still were in commercial flow to Japan.”The British and the Dutch followed suit, embargoing exports to Japan from their colonies in southeast Asia." https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=1930

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The loss of the Philippines was an even bigger disaster than the baited Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. FDR and that phony popinjay Douglas "Dug out" MacArthur deliberately kept our B-17's on the ground to be easily destroyed by Japanese air attack, they abandoned the plans to defend the beaches from invasion - the Japanese commander of the invasion said that even the slightest resistance would have repelled the landings - and they deliberately withheld supplies from the US soldiers on Bataan, even though it was easy to supply them, which caused the Bataan "Death" March. The march was only 60 miles but the men were so weakened by months of little food and medicine that 500-600 Americans died on the way.
The loss of the Philippines, the B-17's, and sub pens at Subic Bay were the worst strategic defeat in the history of the US military. It was allowed to happen because the (((FDR Regime))) needed the Japanese to be ascendant in Asia to 1.) generate war hysteria in the USA and 2.) to build up the Communist forces that would eventually move into the vacuum created by Japan's eventual defeat.

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