[lbo-talk] "Knee-Jerk Anti-Imperialism" Re: Two Takes

[LouPaulsen]

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From: "andie nachgeborenen" <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
> The war against Japan was an imperialist war plain and simple, between two
imperiali powers; although the US was justified in defending itself on the
usual just war grounds,  [...]

What, because of Pearl Harbor?  That wasn't an attack on 'the US itself'.
It was an attack on a US base in occupied Hawaii, which the US had conquered
only 43 years earlier.

lp