December 7, 1941

[sarettah]

Originally posted by [Labret]@Dec 7 2003, 10:19 PM
Good god man, those are DOE stats and they say that only 30% of oil consumed in this country in 1973 was imported. 30 fucking percent.
And like your link states, "imported" oil. So, 100% of the 30%? Whoope do, where the fuck was the other 70% coming from?

Your claim that we suffered an embargo the likes that Japan was facing is faaaaalse.

You asked :

([Labret] @ Dec 7 2003, 04:40 PM)
What do you think they United States would do if someone who had the ability, shut off all the oil flowing into the country?

and OPEC shut off very nearly ALL the OIL flowing INTO the country...

They did not shut down our domestic supply...It was already here....

and Yes, Japan did not have a cdomestic supply, but if I remember right, grabbing oil was their whole reason for being in Indochina in the first place now wasn't it.....

So, Japan's ability to mount the Pearl Harbor invasion in December, after 5 months of embargo demonstrates that their supply of oil was not 100% cut off either, doesn't it....



Last edited by sarettah at Dec 7 2003, 10:26 PM