Who was Responsible for the Cold War? The West, or the East?

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Originally Posted by BrotherhoodUK

Sigh...

The Japanese declaration of war upon the United States was to occur 30 minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbour. The Japanese declared war on the United States, not the other way round.

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oh I hate not being able to read. :duh:

It was still terrorism since they were not at war against the US because they attacked at the wrong time.

Let's take it easy and tone down the political opinions.

Bro is right, I've read the same. There's a big conspiracy debate over whether or not Japan sent the declaration in time, and/or if the US intentionally delayed allowing the declaration to be made in a timely manner so that they could declare Japan's attack as an unwarranted sneak attack, or whatever. It's something interesting to read about, if nothing else.

Regardless of what happened, however, I think it is agreed upon that the attack occurred before Japan's declaration of war was completed, for whatever reason, and thus that is how it is classified: an attack before a declaration. Regardless of Japan's intentions, the result could well be seen as the consequence of trying to declare a war and launch an attack so close together.

I might be mistaken, but I thought I read that they planned the attack first, and the declaration was decided second, as a sort of damage control for the decision of the attack. I think there was also dispute between Japanese leaders over whether or not the attack should have been made. Time to read up on it again, I suppose.

From what I read it was a delay caused by the decoding of the declaration of war... that was multiplied due to the length and the sophisticated words used... it wasn't OI! YOU! I DECLARE WAR! it was The Imperial Nation of Japan..... yadayada yada political sperl that stuffed it and it was a sneak attack they didnt want the bases to prepare themselves before the attack was made hence it was timed to be 30 mins after... so mobilization could not occur increasing the damage done.... Still gutless *******s though

Digger is correct, Japan had sent a declaration of war prior to the attack.

I feel like both sides were responsible. Both the East and the West had conflicting views and were, in a way, trying to spread their ideologies all over the world.