On July 26, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt seizes all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China.
On July 24, Tokyo decided to strengthen its position in terms of its invasion of China by moving through Southeast Asia. Given that France had long occupied parts of the region, and Germany, a Japanese ally, now controlled most of France through Petain’s puppet government, France “agreed” to the occupation of its Indo-China colonies. Japan followed up by occupying Cam Ranh naval base, 800 miles from the Philippines, where Americans had troops, and the British base at Singapore.
President Roosevelt swung into action by freezing all Japanese assets in America. Britain and the Dutch East Indies followed suit. The result: Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil. Japan’s oil reserves were only sufficient to last three years, and only half that time if it went to war and consumed fuel at a more frenzied pace. Japan’s immediate response was to occupy Saigon, again with Vichy France’s acquiescence. If Japan could gain control of Southeast Asia, including Malaya, it could also control the region’s rubber and tin production—a serious blow to the West, which imported such materials from the East. Japan was now faced with a dilemma: back off of its occupation of Southeast Asia and hope the oil embargo would be eased—or seize the oil and further antagonize the West, even into war.
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Over/Under on how long before we freeze China’s assets? Blame it on the Wuhan, Spying, eating nasty shit (bats, dogs, cats, jellyfish) whatever either the Trumpster or Basement Joe will be doing the work of the globalists……and war with China is baked in the cake. Sadly we are supposed to lose this one though with the way the Chi-coms have doubled crossed the globalists who knows.
Could be one for the history books,Thucydides Trap solved by the elites with “alien disclosure”……allowing a quantum leap in acknowledged technology….whether it is really our own stuff, the tech transfer from “aliens” or even if the aliens are actual “fallen ones” under the control of Lucifer.
The ride really starts getting interesting from here……..and not in a good way.
Got an EMP shield? You might need it.
Great comment MH —ya beat me to the looming war with Red China parallel. How ’bout the 4th Turning perspective? We’re almost the full 80 years from the event which on this date in 1941 marked precursor to war with Imperial Japan, so from a different form of analysis, we seem to have confirmation.
This being a wild-card year, just about every “happening” is on the table. I called this year going like this a few months ago:
PLANNEDEMIC PANIC SPRING
SUMMER OF RAGE
BREAKDOWN FALL
[OPERATION] DARK(EST) WINTER
There’s still a little time to do your last preparations. By around this time next year, that war with Red China will be in the kinetic™ phase.
Absolutely a 4th Turning, though I think for the first time we might get both an external and internal existential battle to the death at the same time!