The Japanese were intent on being the next world power at the expense of American lives and property. However, President Roosevelt implemented a plan,"In July 1941 Roosevelt announced a trade embargo that denied Japan access oil, scrap iron, and other goods essential for its war machine." (??????BK 690) The President's actions impacted the Japanese's army crippling it, but the Japanese's would not be denied. American intelligence was always a step ahead, knowing Japan's plans to attack Indies and Malaya. This attack would increase Japan's resource otherwise defined by the American embargo. Japan needed access through the Pacific territory controlled by America. America's abstinence from war was steadfast. However the infamous attack on Pearl
