Originally Posted by
SASless
Appeasement is the greater danger....as the British should well know after that grand pronouncement of "Peace" by that Chamberlin fellow.
You also should acknowledge the Oil and Scrap Metal embargo actions took place AFTER Japan invaded China.
Japan invaded China in 1931, but then again Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Austria and Italy had already done so. All had invaded and established colonial outposts in China from 1901 onwards.
China forced to accept territorial limits when it had zero power to resist, kind of no surprise that when it gains the power it has a different viewpoint. It follows the armed diplomacy viewpoint laid down by others in using might.