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Nothing has really changed (even in 21st century)
It's pretty wild that the US engaged in an economic attack that destroyed the Japanese economy, despite the Japanese government pretty much being a US puppet running on a constitution the US wrote, because they were too good at making VCRs.
The US needs to be #1 in the world and they'll do anything to achieve that.
It's been like this for a long time. Remember the Maine! And all that. I tried to nail it down once and I think like two US wars in it's whole centuries long history of ruthless warmongering haven't been wars of naked aggression conudcted under a false causus belli.