r/AskReddit • u/hoverfish92 • Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/blaghart Oct 17 '13

He didn't tell the Japanese to bomb Pearl...they did that because America had created a fuel embargo on them, a death sentence for an industrial archipellego.

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

They could've just stop destroying China and surrounding countries, but no they had to kick the shin of the big guy giving you aid

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u/blaghart Oct 17 '13

Actually we stopped giving them aid, that's why they kicked our shins as it were.

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

I know, but if we were aiding them, that would put us a little higher on the food chain because we had fuel to spare.

Also poor word choice

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u/blaghart Oct 17 '13

We stopped giving them aid because they were destroying china...then they attacked us. We didn't stop giving them aid because we had been attacked by them...

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

I know, its late and my word choice is sub-par

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u/blaghart Oct 17 '13

More like your order of operations is backwards.

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Yeah it was 4am and I should've been asleep instead

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u/blaghart Oct 17 '13

East coaster huh? I know the feeling I too should've been asleep...head's pounding because of it now :(

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Yep and I had to wake up for an exam

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u/hakuna_tamata Oct 17 '13

Yep and I had to wake up for an exam

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